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Devonian Garden

Here's a garden in cyberspace, full of creatures and plants from ancient times before dinosaurs -- Devonian Period, Carboniferous Period, Permain Period.

If the primitive reptiles and plants are nurtured properly, they'll evolve to become dinosaurs.

How to play
Food Feeding solid food
Click the foods in the center to make a duplicate. Drag the copy to the left and right to feed the reptiles. If successful, the reptiles will grow.
Water Giving water
Click the cup at the bottom right to make a duplicate in the center of screen. Drag it to the pond in the center to give water to the reptiles and plants. Dragging the tap will allow for quantity control. Without water, the reptiles and plants will die.
Air Temperature control
Dragg dial on the air conditioner at the bottom left to control the temperature. High temperature speeds up the plants' growth, but will also fasten water evaporation.
Sensor Meddling in
There are sensors on the reptiles' body, head, tail, and back fins. Drag them around to see how they move.
HINTS
Dimetrodon Dimetrodon (Dimmy)
Early mammalike reptiles (collectively termed "pelycosaurs") flourished in the Permian period. Carnivorous. Active at night. Violent. Will eat Eaphosaurus when hungry.
Edaphosaurus Edaphosaurus (Eda)
Another kind of pelycosaurs. Herbivorous. Active during the day. Timid. Will eat the plants when hungry.
Sigillaria Sigillaria(The Tree of Evolution)
If grown properly will bear the fruit of evolution. Reptiles will transform themselves into dinosaurs when they eat this fruit.
Calamites Calamites
Ancient ferns. Patterns of growth vary depending on amounts of water and temperature.
Eryopus Eryopus
An amphibian. Click to ride.
Meganeuropsis Meganeuropsis
An ancient gigantic firefly. Click to ride.

GO!
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Dimetrodon

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GO!
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Edaphosaurus

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Dimetrodon &
Edaphosaurus
with sound, rides

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Credits

artist:(direction/design/programming)
Ryoichiro Debuchi

special thanks to...
Atsuko Mikoshiba
Yukie Maruiwa