im not really sure that 'scheming weasel' was the best choice for the trailer lol

also how do you run the demo? i cant run it on file or in the itch app.

I am new to the game. I did the tutorial to the point it tells me to press play and watch my creature move, but after that, i am not sure what to do next. is that the end of the tutorial or is there more to learn the systems of making sensory stuff work like eyes, whiskers, etc and to react to the environment?

This game is AWESOME! Just what I didn't know I needed! I've run through the tutorial, and flipped through the patterns (a genius idea, the pattern book), and I already see the massive potential for what else I can do. 

But I'm having a problem: the Tab key doesn't cycle through the neuron connection types for me. Is there an alternate input that does the same thing? Like how you can move the camera with WASD or by using the left mouse button to pan around the environment? 

It looks like all the creatures in the pattern book require connections of type Inhibit to keep the neurons from all firing at once, and I can't figure out how to do that. I'm not sure if this is just my computer or a problem with the game, but it's happening on the downloaded version and the online one. 

Also, I love the music. It's very chill. 

This is definitely going to be my favorite game for a while!! Great idea and swell execution so far :))

I love this game!

maybe you could could make the way to put multiple creatures in one ecosystem easier, and make them compete, like the race mode and the only ecosystem but combined! 

another thing would be adding more maps and ready ecosystems!

as well as making the current non walled maps bigger/making it so there are more obstacles and decorations.

a fatal flaw i noticed is that a carnivore eating its offspring actually has some net gain, (i think), it should be more of a loss than a gain, also there should be a way of differentiating your species from others in the neuron system

other than that, i really enjoyed playing this game :)

Hey, I really like the game, super interesting and fun to experiment with. That said, whenever I try to run it on Chrome it works pretty well until anything tries to lay an egg, then it freezes up and can't be recovered. =(

This is the log that appears when it freezes up: Creature '' laying egg.

Anyways, hope you fix it and keep up the good work! It's inspirational!

EDIT:
Have you considered adding scenarios? Like "you must consume X pieces of food before Y time/energy runs out and you can only use Z number of  creature parts". Idk, I think the extra challenge would be great, just a thought!

Could you make it so that you can toggle on a version like before all  of those neuron gates were there and all the complicated neurobiology stuff? Maybe just a mode to set where you can put the complexity level down like to the version were all the gates and the yellow lines weren't there? Other than that I've been having fun with cannibalism, but in the end my babies got my fishie

this game is amazing!! i was playing the web version and i was blown away by the details! ive played a couple of 'brain making sims' before but they were janky and unreliable, so i was really impressed to see how well this works!! 

at first i was pretty confused on how all the different things in the brain worked and was hesitant to try and make a creature from scratch because i honestly had no idea what most of those things meant, but after some trial and error i actually managed to figure out some bits and managed to make a controllable creature! so points to you for making it simple enough that even i could understand it :D

oh and once i figured it out i spent so long making a creature! i really love the variety of shapes you can make them out of (and how the different shapes have different functions too!) and i absolutely love the inclusion of bioluminescence (i definitely overused that feature,,,no regrets). unfortunately before i could upload it the game froze while i was taking it for one last spin so i had to reload and lost my little creature :c (farewell lil guy, you looked super cool before u were eaten by the void u_u). though of course this is in development so im not that upset!! i just figured it may be worth mentioning in case you're looking for bugs to squish c:

but yeah overall im absolutely loving this game! the visuals are lovely to look at as well and the internal mechanics are genuinely so impressive so good job!!!! i am completely broke but just know that if i had the money i would absolutely buy this game :D (wow this is a long comment O_O)

I really appreciate you for making this game! I got this game in the racial justice bundle and honestly glad I've gotten to experience this even though my ecosystems aren't the best I still try (they are all loved : ) I wanted to use this since we have a upcoming project in zoology and I found the perfect chance to not only get better at this but to show my other classmates about this game as well!! I know some kids may not be interested and I understand that but this is such a neat little game it's hard for me not to show it off. I also talked to my teacher about it, I hope he remembers to check it out it could, he could teach so much more things with this program, and not only that it would be interactive with students, we wouldn't have to sit in a lecture about invertebrate because we could make them ourselves! I'm rambling right now but I just had to show my appreciation, thank you! : )

So I've recently been experimenting with making ecosystem chains, and sometimes the ecosystem does not interact the way I want to because of creatures of the same species gobbling each other up.(Though it still is fun to take control of my own creature and join in on the gobbling!) Also, could you implement a healing sort of mechanism where creatures that were injured from predators can grow back parts once they get enough nutrients?

hey do you have discord?

and if so can i friend you?

also the demo version is vary laggy and i want to by the game but dose it work on cromebooks and ipads?

Just a quick question: I noticed that there don't seem to be any more muscle spots on the carnivorous jaws, just curious if it's a glitch or it's on purpose?

Just wanted to say I've had a lot of fun with this game, and I see how it could have HUGE potential as a learning tool besides that.

I can count few occasions where I felt as accomplished as when I finally made a little organism that could reliably navigate without constantly braining itself.

I have had some trouble, though. The version I downloaded for Windows (crescent-loom-windows-beta.zip) doesn't seem to want to connect? I can save and load creatures from disc but it won't go online. Is that normal, do I have to play the browser or another version to access the online functions/designs?

I installed this game on my external drive on windows 10. I don't think it likes that very much...it keeps randomly closing on me! No error message or anything. I did make a little fish/worm thing and swam it around a bit though.

At first I thought maybe it was because I was spamming right click to get rid of muscles that I'd misplaced, and somehow accidentally exited the game that way, but then it closed on me abruptly again while I was trying to decide which mouth to put on my creature and I wasn't clicking anything.

Oh! I remember seeing and trying this a long time ago now. Looking forward to seeing what's happened since then, it's such a neat concept :)

Hey Olive, I'm super excited with the direction you're taking this project. I sent you a dm on twitter (I'm not very active there myself but it seemed better than an email). I hope to talk more soon!

This is really really awesome, and I'm so excited to see where this goes! (I played with my 7 year old brother watching. He was disappointed when his attempt at a human typed creation failed, but is also very eager to see what future updates bring!)

This is great, but it desperately needs UI scaling. I need a magnifier to read anything.

I absolutely love this, haven't been able to get too far, I don't think it agrees with my laptop. I've come to be a very amateur neurochemistry nerd through running the gamut of psychiatric medications, and this kind of practical logic gate problem solving feels super good, especially as someone who never got very far with science or academia. I like the idea of being able to figure things out and learn and feel like not-an-idiot! I have signed up to your newsletter and look forward to following your progress!

I really love this--this is what Spore should have been! Detailed creature creation that requires a lot of trial and error (and critical thinking).

I'll admit I haven't played long, but I have a few suggestions: More in-depth tutorial (to explain the advantages of certain bones, organs, etc), adding things to stimulate a sensor (like food or rocks),  a way to 'pivot' pieces after you've placed them, keeping the point of contact the same, but adjusting the angle, and a more intuitive menu while in-game (for some reason, I can only seem to find the volume options from the main menu). 

I love the direction this is going and I will definitely continue playing!

A great idea and a very promising game! Though I have a question: so you can make multiple sections of the brain and drag neurons between them, but is there no way to connect neurons in different sections (or at least have the same neuron show up in multiple sections)?  This, along with the inability to distinguish between stimuli (food/obstacle at least) seem like the biggest stumbling blocks to me.

I purchased this game in the social justice bundle, how do I download it? itch doesn't seem to realize that I did...

I noticed an issue trying to run Crescent Loom on Manjaro Linux. Crescent Loom asks for libcurl-nss specifically, and unfortunately, this seems to be something that only exists on the Ubuntu ecosystem. Any suggestions? 

Is the patch for OSX coming out today?

I am so excited to dive headfirst into this game as soon as I am able to download the itch.io launcher

of all the games in the bundle, this is definitely one of my favorites. it's everything I wanted from spore and more!! one request, can you add a screen that tells you when you're about to save over an existing creature? I totally didn't accidentally replace two days of tinkering with an empty brain what are you talking about ahahaaaaaaaaaa

still though, im gonna be playing this for a long while, I can tell

this is actually wonderful and really really exciting??  ive spent the past decade complaining that spore couldve been so much more even just in the cell stage and this is EXACTLY what i meant. the accolades!! the game awards!!! the respect!!!! may you be eternally blessed with the excitement and motivation and willpower to continue to work and expand on this. thank you for contributing to this bundle supporting what matters and happy pride month!!!!!

I keep getting crashes. No sound and some stuff doesn't appear to work properly. Was really interesting though I hope issues can be sorted. :

I just started and it seems great! Is there anywhere I can find the full tutorial? I ran into an issue where I couldn't get it to progress past the first neurons.

Just a heads up, that when I first ran this on my Windows 10, i5(I think), it crashed a couple times when messing with the tutorial.

I went an turned the sound down, turned the shaders off and turned full screen on and things have been going smooth since.  I love this "game" man and its sweet to see someone picking up where Spore left off.  I love when you are doing with the brain area.  I love you can add a couple brains.

I have to get back to it and create me some death eaters.  Thanks again.  =)

I really like what I saw, but it kept crashing! Also, it didn't have any sound?

But I'm really excited for this!