Yeah, that’s probably because the panel with organisms didn’t load. A refresh usually fixes it. If you’re still not seeing it, let me know which device/browser you’re on, that helps a lot for debugging.
Nice, 800k+ ticks is impressive. It honestly makes me really happy that people let worlds run that long.
What you’re seeing is usually a local optimum: one aggressive/spiky strategy found something that works and crowded out everything else, so diversity collapses.
There are some things that can break it:
Just waiting. At this stage you often get crashes from starvation, pathogens or reproduction overshoot.
Seasons and climate cycles can shake dominant strategies loose:
https://soupof.life/concepts/world-systems/climate-seasons and low-diversity phases like this are often fragile. With a bit of bad luck, this can turn into a big reset or even a near-extinction.
There’s no manual intervention by design, so it’s mostly patience or starting a fresh world. But in my experience, long stagnant plateaus are often right before something dramatic happens.
