Trying to get back in the swing of things after a restful, thankfully fairly uneventful holiday. Below is my own little recreation of Karl Sims' own "selective breeding". Using L-Systems, the applet creates 4 random creatures.
Type the numbers of the two parents you want to combine (1-4), and you will see their offspring. Rinse, repeat. Click on the applet first to make sure it recognizes the keystrokes, if nothing's happening.
It's possible to "clone" a creature by typing its number twice in a row. Mutations will add some variance, although right now I've set it to a very small amount.
The strings on top are the critters' "genes".
There is a small amount of mutation as well, which can be altered fairly easily if you can find it in my code.
There's a lot more, and admittedly the interface needs work, but just play with right now. PLAY!!!
very interesting applet dude.
i likes it.
Posted by: dante at January 15, 2005 1:02 AM
Interesting. I've long wanted to spend some time learning and playing with this sort of thing, but unfortunately have never been able to take the time.
I really hope you'll be able to create something as interesting while working with us.
Posted by: Peter Newman at January 31, 2005 2:48 PM
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