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walstad loom

A generative pixel-art Walstad aquarium. Plants grow, fish school and breed, shrimp climb stems, snails crawl the glass. Watch a closed nutrient loop settle into equilibrium — chunky pixels, sim depth underneath.

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sleepingox
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sleepingox
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About the Game

walstad loom is a living tank you watch more than you play. A 3D voxel aquascape runs through a palette-quantize shader so everything reads as pixel art, while plants, fish, shrimp, and snails interact in a Walstad-style food web underneath.

Stock a preset or build your own mix. Feed the tank, follow a creature, take photos, timelapse a bloom crash. The ecosystem self-balances over a few minutes — algae spikes when nutrients run hot, snails and shrimp graze it back, fry hide in the stems.

Early access, very open to feedback and making this the best lofi-background aquarium experience possible.

Features

  • Generative Walstad ecosystem — plants, fish, shrimp, snails in a closed nutrient loop

  • Pixel-art look from a live 3D sim — palette-quantized voxel tank

  • Stock presets or build your own mix

  • Feed creatures, follow individuals, take photos, timelapse bloom cycles

  • Relaxing sandbox — watch equilibrium settle over minutes

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