Let's Try Niche - A Genetics Survival Game | Ep. 2 - Mutations | Steam Early Access Gameplay
11Welcome to Niche - A Genetics Survival Game! In this let's try series I'll try to lead a tribe of weird but cute cat people on the path of genetic evolution and survival. Be it picking berry bushes, hunting rabbits or defending from bloodthirsty predators, we'll do everything to survive. And the main thing one can do to survive? Reproduce! Reproduction is gonna be our key to survival in Niche - A Genetics Survival Game.
Niche playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL24d5-7mqw8EZm-FsTE9gQqtR-8ctMSfP
Other current let's play series:
RimWorld Alpha 15 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL24d5-7mqw8GwNz_tdvBTNtg21e-wHVb7
Project Highrise - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL24d5-7mqw8EiItMnmiq-xRkiuk8lVzWU
WoW: Leveling Adventure S2 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL24d5-7mqw8HKZC6El64GkEouFZz9AbEQ
About Niche - A Genetics Survival Game:
Niche is a fresh blend of turn-based strategy and simulation combined with roguelike elements. Shape your own animal tribe and find an ecological niche for it to live in.
Keep your tribe alive against dangers, such as hungry predators, climate change and spreading sickness. Resource management and smart breeding based on real genetics are key in Niche. All worlds and animals are procedurally generated.
Niche is played from a top-down perspective, giving the player a god-like view over the board. Rounds are represented by a day cycle, in which the player controls animals to move and perform actions (collecting food, scouting a new field, mating, attacking a predator, etc). Animals have a limited lifespan, which makes procreation indispensable. An animal’s characteristics are defined by its genes, which are being passed on to the next generation. Challenges come in form of animals dying and dwindling resources. The game is lost, when a player's tribe goes extinct. In the next game a new world is generated, but the previously unlocked genes remain.
Educational aspects:
While playing Niche, the player is introduced to the scientific mechanics of genetics (featuring dominant-recessive, co-dominant inheritance, etc). The game also features the five pillars of population genetics (genetic drift, genetic flow, mutation, natural selection, sexual selection). All knowledge is interwoven with the game-mechanics. This creates the effect of learning by playing.
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Official Niche website - http://niche-game.com
Niche on Steam - http://store.steampowered.com/app/440650/
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