Climb Mount Improbable: Evolvable Critters in JavaScript

Re:Climb Mount Improbable: Evolvable Critters in JavaScript by joelthelion on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @07:25PM (#23331425)

This old windows screensaver is one of the best illustrations of artificial life and evolution I've ever seen: http://www.ultimatesavers.com/index.asp?ID=1381

The source is here, it seems : https://github.com/jondo/primlife. But I don't know if it runs on modern OSes.

Edit: it seems to run fine with Wine!

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Re:Climb Mount Improbable: Evolvable Critters in JavaScript by Buttons840 on Thursday May 28, 2020 @03:20AM (#23334435)

Finally! I found that screensaver. I've been meaning to recreate it as a learning exercise.

I once observed a mass extinction on this screensaver. A very aggressive carnivore (meaning it survived by eating other organisms in the sim), reproduced like crazy, used up all the resources and the died out itself. I only ever observed this once, despite watching the screensaver quite a bit.

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