Factsheet
Developer:
ThinMatrix
Based in United Kingdom
Release date:
November 22 2018
Website:
equilinox.com
Available From:
$9.99 - Steam
Description
Equilinox is a relaxing nature simulation game which allows you to create and nurture your own living ecosystems. You can think of it like a city-builder game, but instead of cities you build and manage ecosystems! To create an ecosystem you place plants and animals into the world, each of which has its own life-cycle, behaviour, and requirements so you need to make sure each species has a decent habitat with sufficient resources. Having healthy, happy animals in your world will earn you points, which can be spent on buying more wildlife for your world. You can also use these points to genetically modify your current species and evolve them to unlock more exotic plants and animals.
History
Development on Equilinox was started in October 2015 by Karl Wimble, a solo indie game developer. It was initially intended to be a small side project but, thanks to funding from the community via Patreon, Karl was able to work full-time on developing the game for the past three years. The entire development process has been documented in the form of weekly devlog videos, watched by over 80,000 subscribers on his “ThinMatrix” Youtube channel.
Features
- World creation tools
- Simulated life-cycles for all species, such as eating, reproducing, dying, growing, etc.
- Interesting animal behaviours, such as hunting, den building, honey-making bees, etc.
- Ability to genetically modify the traits and behaviors of your wildlife
- Evolution system to unlock new species
- 120+ species to unlock
- 10 different biome types to create
- 60+ tasks to complete
- Cute low-poly art-style with quirky animations
Videos
Trailer YouTube
Gameplay Demonstration YouTube
Images
Logo & Icon
Monetization Permission
ThinMatrix allows for the contents of Equilinox to be published through video broadcasting services for any commercial or non-commercial purposes. Monetization of videos created containing assets from Equilinox is legally & explicitly allowed by ThinMatrix. This permission can be found in writing at https://www.indiedb.com/games/equilinox/presskit.
Additional Links
Original Soundtrack
Available here: jamalgreen.bandcamp.com/album/equilinox-original-game-soundtrack.
Youtube Channe
Weekly devlog videos are posted here: youtube.com/user/ThinMatrix.
Equilinox Gallery
More images, gifs, and wallpapers here: equilinox.com/gallery.
About ThinMatrix
Boilerplate
I'm a passionate indie game developer currently working on Equilinox, a sandbox nature simulation game, which is to be released later this year!
More information
More information on ThinMatrix, our logo & relevant media are available here.
Equilinox Credits
Karl Wimble (ThinMatrix)
Developer
Jamal Green
Music
Dannek Studio
Sound Effects
Constantin Ross
Website
Josh Speight
Website Assistance
presskit() by Rami Ismail (Vlambeer) - also thanks to these fine folks