Elysian Eclipse

Elysian Eclipse is a Sandbox Evolution Simulator, aiming to be a spiritual successor to Spore, letting you evolve from an amoeba into a space traveling sentient being.

Development
Development for Elysian Eclipse began in early January 2022. The lead developer of Elysian Eclipse Wauzmons has said when asked about the name of Elysian Eclipse; "Elysian, because your species ascends into the sky. Eclipse, because their empire will cover the stars."

The website and subreddit for Elysian Eclipse were created January 13th. Regular monthly updates on developments were reported in Elysian Logs, along with previews on reddit. On April 9th, V 0.1.1, also known as the first early access version of Elysian Eclipse was released, which included early versions of the Cell and Creature Editors. In July 2022, in V 0.1.4 the first control prototype for creature stage will be released.

Game-play
Game-play will be similar to Spore, the player starts in the Cell Stage and will eventually work their way up to the Space Stage at the end of the game. Each stage will have it's own mechanics and is spread over multiple game genres. The player will be able to create and customize their creature, along with their civilizations and vehicles. Players will be able to share their content online to other players which they can interact with in-game. A multiplayer mode is planned for the game.

Currently there isn't too much information on game-play as the game is still in early development. As of V 0.1.3 only the Microbe and Creature Editors are available.

Stages
In Elysian Eclipse there are seven different game stages. Cell, Aquatic, Creature, Tribal, Medieval, Industrial, and finally Space.

Cell Stage
The Cell Stage is he main stage in development right now, which will have a level system, part upgrading system and multiple biomes.

Aquatic & Creature Stage
The Aquatic & Creature Stages will take place after the Cell Stage and are planned to include, complex multi-biome planets, creature types and variety of creature diets.

Other Stages
The Tribal, Medieval, Industrial, and Space Stages are all further in development and are planned to include levelable skills, crafting, research systems, cities with no premade layouts and fleet management. The Tribal, Medieval, and Industrial are planned to have elements of RTS in the game-play. The beginning of Space Stage will have the player colonizing planets in their own solar system, and then will eventually achieve interstellar travel.

Editors
In Elysian Eclipse there is going to be a huge variety of Editors. Currently as of May 2022, the Microbe Editor and Creature Editors are in early access, though the Vehicle, Nest, and Building editors and more are planned.