field notes from the shallows · vol. 1

SOUPLINGS

Begin as a speck. Eat. Evolve. Crawl ashore.

specimen

connecting to the soup…

mouse or arrows to swim · click or space to dash · E to evolve

SOUPLINGS

A multiplayer tide-pool evolution game. Begin as a speck; eat, evolve through five generations, and crawl ashore. The soup is shared — every creature marked with a ◆ is a real person. Each emergence adds a ★ to your dynasty.

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created by Josh Pigford · @Shpigford on X

Evolution Chamber

0DNA

Wibbledax luminis

specimen lost

Reabsorbed
into the soup

your evolutions survive death.
half your unspent DNA — and a chunk of growth — does not.

a first breath of air

EMERGENCE

Your line drags itself from the water,
blinking at an enormous sky.

you won this run — five generations survived.
every emergence adds a ★ and an heirloom of +15 starting DNA

SOUPLINGS

SOUPLINGS

Reabsorbedinto the soup

EMERGENCE

Reabsorbed
into the soup