As a marine biologist, I think the creators of this game should get an award only for their beautiful ideas of marine xenobiotic life. I hope for more and more interesting new lifeforms to get invented, because it keeps me hooked on researching and disovering the game. Maybe it would be possible to program some npc-interactions in order to make the artificial environment more alive. If you need some ideas about that or for general scientific questions just feel free to contact me.
The game itself is at a good stage for an early alpha and one can see the continously work of the programers. The graphics are beautiful and the game is fluently playable. The implanted bug-report-system is quite helpful and keeps the development close to the community. I think this is another milestone in game-developing they have made. I just hope the development of the game will not be dropped after finishing the beta....
This game has the potential of becoming a real milestone in game history if it is treated right. Just imagine all the possibilities... Thumbs up and keep up with this good work! :-)