Wildlife, Weather & World Seeds Devlog - February 21 2026 — Metaverse: Origins Steam update #32326

Overview This update brings the world of MO57 to life with intelligent wildlife, dynamic weather integration, player-controlled world generation, and a complete quest system for tutorials and objectives. Characters now spawn on beaches instead of mountaintops, creatures follow realistic day/night cycles, and your world seed determines terrain generation for shareable, reproducible worlds. --- Creature AI System Wildlife now exhibits realistic survival behavior with a full activity cycle: Behavioral States - Active - Normal wandering, foraging, and awareness - Resting - Creatures rest at dusk, conserving energy - Sleeping - Deep sleep at night with reduced awareness - Fleeing - Threat detection triggers escape behavior - Fighting - Cornered or territorial creatures will defend themselves - Dead - Full mortality with death animations Perception & Awareness - Sight-based threat detection wi...