GG (12 simulations)
edit:
10 simulations, holy it stacks up fast, if you just get the one with +5 for dead and the foods, and going low to up, you gain fast fast.
Also could you maybe remove the 43 place from me, cause otherwise i have 2 places (named myself 444knuffelmac), and i also don't want to clog the leaderboard.
edit 2:
9 simulations, same name, so could you also remove my 10 simulations time.
strat used:
get 13 food in the first simulation (3 from eating, 10 from dying)
start second simulation, and after it finished (so you have 20-26 points) buy the food spawned in beginning upgrade, and the entities in beginning +5 upgrade
start thirth run, and buy the left path, get banana, and get close to/get the +5 thing
start fourth run, get the +5 thing, , and maybe (i dont know if its possible) get the watermelon
start fifth run, get the watermelon, and the reproduction ring
from this point on i don't know the precise path, but just skip the +100 paper as you can't use it (I don't think any of my runs used it, as it is hard to get more entities), probably the full bottom part should be filled first (except the +100) and then the food spawn speed, and the time limit, those 2 help an immense amount, after that the food capacity, and the amount of entitities, ending of with the vision.
Why vision as the last one? Because vision is not really that usefull if you have so many entities, maybe it could be a bit more in the front, but it is better with 1-2 entities.
when to restart:
1: when the entity doesn't get 9 points or more in the first simulation
2: when the amount of points you have in simulation 2 total (so simulation 1 and 2 together) is lower than 21
3: you don't have the +5 thing before simulation 5
more precise information:
run 1 and 2 get lucky and you NEED 21 points, otherwise its 100% dead, the population upgrade is very usefull with the amount of food you have. the other 5 points don't matter for this part (this means that 1 run can be no food, but the other needs to be 4 food or 1 food (1 food = 13 points)
thirth simulation: 45 points requirement at least (get banana)
fourth simulation: 70 points atleast (get angel ring)
In addition with fourth simulation angel ring, try to get close to watermelon, I don't know if fourth run watermelon is possible tho
In total you need: 2628 points
this is because the price goes up by 1 (so n = n+1 every upgrade) and there are 72 nodes (last price is 73, as you beat the game)
inconsistant run: can not solve because i do not understand the food cap, I don't see its use, as I tried it with an entity that was alone, and it ate 11 food (food cap is 10) and the run kept going