So i am intrigued with this game so maybe the choice of god mode and creature mode. As a creature you will start were you choose to and start as the slow square (unless you saved a creature to play as) and you will have to eat and when your can multiply and a button will pop out so you can edit what you look like sensory organs will let you see farther and flagellum make you faster and same for everything else they do what they already do. This might make the game seem to spore or thrive tho but i hope thi...

If there's one thing I could have, it would be zoom!

is there any way to visualize the AI or statistics of the pool?

If all creatures on land evolved from fish, then aren't we all is some amounts part fish? Even if it's been greatly diminished over time. So I'm thinking, a medicine that works on fish should to some degree work on anything. So, I've come up with an idea that I'm going to take the oil from fish scales and create a miracle tonic that cures anything. Then I'm going to travel the countryside peddling it....