Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox

Pill Bug Interactive

Released
May 12, 2017
Platforms
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SimulationSandboxLife SimGod GameScience

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Change history · Builds & patches

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    We built another ecosystem. This one has sprites.

    Nine years ago you took an interest in a game about polygons eating polygons. That is still the largest group of people who ever have, and we have never quite got over it... We have built something new - Now instead of polygons it's sprites eating sprites.. Captain Contraption's

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    All Our Games Are on Sale and Playtest our Next one for Free 🎉

    If you’ve been meaning to check out any of our games, they’re all on sale right now, and you can playtest our next game for free! View game page View game page View game page View game page View game page Thanks so much for the support — it really helps us keep making weird littl

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    All Our Games Are on Sale 🎉

    If you’ve been meaning to check out any of our games, they’re all on sale right now. Thanks so much for the support — it really helps us keep making weird little games.

  4. Developer post

    All Our Games Are on Sale 🎉

    If you’ve been meaning to check out any of our games, they’re all on sale right now. Thanks so much for the support — it really helps us keep making weird little games.

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    Wishlist our next ecosystem game!

    Hey everyone! Just wanted to quickly let you know about our next game, Captain Contraption’s Safari Park, which we’ve just put up on Steam. It's somewhat of a spiritual successor to Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox. It’s a safari park management game built around a ful

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    Want to playtest our next game???

    Hello fellow scientists! Dave and I have been quietly working on our next game and are looking for volunteers for playtesting. You can sign up here It's a safari park with a fully simulated ecosystem in a nostalgic tycoon sandbox with rewarding roguelite elements. Clone bizarre s

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    Only 24 hours left to save on our latest game!

    Today is the last day of the Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory 20% off sale! It's a physics based puzzle game to give automation and base building fans a quick fix. The perfect thing for a rainy Sunday!

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    Our new game Captain Contraption’s Chocolate Factory is Out Now

    It’s a big day for robot chocolatiers around the world. The whole of Captain Contraption’s factory is now available to explore, as you experiment with fresh ingredients and automate ever more complex machines. With 40+ levels to unlock, as well as brand new achievements and fiend

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    Play Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory in the Steam Puzzle Fest

    You can now play the demo for our next game Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory by visiting the store page using the link below. It’s an open ended factory, automation style puzzle game. Using a simple set of tools you’ll need to automate production of a variety of sweet trea

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    Making it Home Released Today

    Did you hear? Did you see? Pill Bug’s next game Making it Home launches today! Whether you enjoyed the bare-knuckle lo-fi thrills of Cycle 28, or the chilled joy of watching something of yours grow in Intelligent Design, we think Making it Home has something for you. And it start

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    Making it Home is part of the Remote Play Together Event

    In our most recent update to our next game Making it Home we added local co-op. That gave us the chance to be part of the remote play together event Valve has been running the past few days. If you haven't checked it out yet, Making it Home is a vehicle building game where your v

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    All our games are on sale!

    Good News Everyone! All our games are on sale for Winter… Making it Home - A vehicle building game currently in early access. You're a lady bug building a rube goldberg style machine to take you across America! Think Banjo Kazooie - Nuts and Bolts but in 2D. Cycle 28 - A fast pac

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    Our vehicle building game ‘Making it Home’ is now available!

    I’m super excited to announce that our vehicle building game Making it Home is now available in Early Access on Steam (currently 15% off!) We’ve been working on it for a while now and are super proud of it. It’s something we had the idea for 3 years ago. In Making it Home you are

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    Play the demo of our next game Making it Home

    Our next game Making it Home is currently part of the steam festival. For the next week you will be able to play the demo. Be sure to check it out! Click here and download. Making it Home is a vehicle building game. You’re a ladybug building a marvellous contraption to travel fro

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    Wishlist our next game 'Making it Home'

    We just launched the steam page for our next game ‘Making it Home’ and it would really help if you would add it to your wishlist. You’re a ladybug building a marvellous contraption to travel from one side of America to the other. Bounce around your vehicle, hoisting sails, squeez

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    Community Screenshots - August 2019

    There is nothing more I like more than some good graphs, and iocaio shows off some on this months first screenshot. Here is an established group of plants by Mr_Twister . Enough collectors there? And finally for this month, check out these massive herbivores created by walpurgisn

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    Community Screenshots - July 2019

    For a while Dave and I have been trying to figure out what we could do community wise with Intelligent Design. With our other game Cycle 28 we always try to post the monthly leader boards to encourage some friendly competition. That kind of thing doesn't fit with Intelligent Desi

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    Genetically Modfied Update Developer Playthrough

    Over the past few weeks Dave has been playing through a new save on the new map, with me coaching him along the way. You can follow us on twitch to catch the streams live each week, and catch up by watching the archives below. Let us know how you think Dave is doing! Any tips you

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    Patch Notes 12/10/18 - Plus Support Cycle 28 in the GDWC2018 Fan Favourite Vote

    Patch Notes Population counters are now checked for error once per in game day. The time acceleration may be introducing slight errors which will grow over time on extreamly long runs. This sanity check should deal with those errors. Creatures can now no longer see things which a