I enjoyed your game. The simulation looks solid and well thought out.
The game reminded me a bit of good old turbo pascal ascii games :D
I managed to get around 50 points, which is kinda bad i know :D but i couldnt get a stable ecosystem running. Plants took over the world in the end ^^
If you plan to expand on the i have 2 suggestions.
1. more eye candy so the ecosystem feels more alive. Maybe a window where the animals are roaming and some plants are growing in relation to your populations .
2. a graph that extrapolates future ecosystem development for the next day, next week or next month maybe would be nice too. to help the player with decisionmaking.
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Thank you for playing! It's definitely a balancing act to keep each type in check. Everything seems fine and then suddenly the herbivores eat all the plants and everyone dies.
Thanks for the suggestions! I had a lot of fun making this, and I am planning to expand it. My art skills aren't great, but I think I could have some success with combining individual pixel art animal parts together. I definitely want to improve the visual experience, give it more pizazz, and display more information to the player in an easily digestible way.