So, I never have, and still don't consider myself a developer. After a couple decades of dreaming of a 3D natural selection simulator, like he ones I played with for countless hours as a kid, this winter I forced myself to learn Unity and how to code in order to just make the thing.

I'm sure any real developers would find my code base horrific, but you have to start somewhere, right?

Once you've started up a sim tank in Repsim and make it to the "?" menu, I left players a letter describing my motivations and obsession with bringing this to life. The short version is that I was fascinated with natural selection simulators and artificial life as a kid, and just wanted to see how it might evolve in 3D. 

My hope is that I help to inspire kids in the way I was, and to pique their curiosity, and maybe even help them to gain some deep intuitive grasp of natural selection. 

I won't go over all of the the little details of Repsim here, and instead leave that to my tutorials and in-game explainers. However please leave comments and questions on the discussion section of the game page. I'm eager to help explain and polish my explanations. Once you grasp what is going on in the sim it really can be fascinating!

Also, be sure to check out my absolutely bizarre original music in the game. If you dig it, you can find a link to my Soundcloud from the Abo Dabo homepage (link on the welcome screen in-game).

Thanks for having a look and I really can't wait to get some feedback!