What is Into the Thicket?
Short clip of Into the Thicket
Into the Thicket is a forest simulation and zen-management game being made by me, Nick Camillo. It is the second, more ambitious iteration of an interactive art piece that I made in 2012.The grand plan is still in flux, but the overarching concept is to tend to the denizens of a unique, digital thicket as you grow a tree over a period of time. Sort of like a tamagotchi, except instead of looking after the health of a single creature, you're trying to optimize for the greater good of the ecosystem.
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What's in the game now?
Flora 🌳 🌱 🌲 🌿 ☘️
Grasses 🌾
- grow on collision with sunlight
- eventually flower and spread seed
- provide food for ants
Mushrooms 🍄
- grow in absence of light
- eventually spread spores at maturity
- provide food for Ants
Fauna 🐛 🐝 🐞 🐸 🦆
Ants 🐜
- seek food for their colony
- defend their colony from other colonies
- dispose of dead
- provide food for Grasshoppers
Grasshoppers 🦗
- seek food
- keep Ant population in check
Obstacles
Rocks 🥔
- block Ant line of sight and pathing
- cause light to refract
Acorns 🌰
- block Ant line of sight and pathing
- cause light to refract
What's next on the agenda?
- Hydration/Watering System
- Day/Night cycle