The way it was developing it's end i thought this would be another end over end worm. Kinda disappointed when it just sort of started steam rolling its way along.
A rolling creature like that might do really well on inclines.
Any idea what the steepest incline a creature has ever moved up on?
@MaestroAlvis "transparent" is one of the available paint colors, although it's a bit of an odd kind of transparency.
As for inclines, I've never implemented any - my steep landscapes are all very jagged staircase-like terrains made of many square columns all next to each other. Actual smooth inclines would be an interesting idea though!
I've seen some creatures than can handle some pretty steep jagged terrain though, maybe 45 degrees I'd guess.
@kjlg74 Hmmmm, well I think the jagged terrain is important because it gives creatures places to grab on too. In this case the creature would just need to be bigger or just grow some spiky appendages. Is there actually a size limit on how big creatures can get?
Also if a surface were "smooth" then it would have no friction so unless all your shapes have some level of sliding friction then that could be a problem.
@MaestroAlvis There are several things that limit creature size. There's a limit on the number of blocks along any chain connecting the "root" block to the tip of an appendage (the body is a "tree" structure). There's a limit on the total number of blocks in the body. And finally, there's a limit on how big a single block can be. The first two of those limits can be set by the user in the creature body settings, the third is hard-coded.
@kjlg74 What about limits in overall dimensions like height or length of the whole creature. In an evolution that I ran where I just wanted to get a creature that jumps as high as possible I didn't have it determine fitness relative to size and as I watched it I wondered why it did not just increase it's fitness by increasing it's size.
I wish I knew. The only help I can give is that these were evolved without oscillators (the sine wave components in the "brain" settings), and had fitness based on distance traveled.
Oh! This is much like how the end-over-end worm started off (see video #60 in the zoo). Perhaps your run will produce a 3rd independently evolved end-over-end worm (perhaps not, but it would be interesting).
It's in there. If you use F1 to do the random-texture painting, eventually you'll find it. It's easy to overlook because the effect is very crude and not obvious from every angle. It happens to look better than normal in this video, which is why I even bothered to stick with it in the video.
Didn't know you could make transparent segments.
The way it was developing it's end i thought this would be another end over end worm. Kinda disappointed when it just sort of started steam rolling its way along.
A rolling creature like that might do really well on inclines.
Any idea what the steepest incline a creature has ever moved up on?
MaestroAlvis 1 year ago
@MaestroAlvis "transparent" is one of the available paint colors, although it's a bit of an odd kind of transparency.
As for inclines, I've never implemented any - my steep landscapes are all very jagged staircase-like terrains made of many square columns all next to each other. Actual smooth inclines would be an interesting idea though!
I've seen some creatures than can handle some pretty steep jagged terrain though, maybe 45 degrees I'd guess.
kjlg74 1 year ago
@kjlg74 Hmmmm, well I think the jagged terrain is important because it gives creatures places to grab on too. In this case the creature would just need to be bigger or just grow some spiky appendages. Is there actually a size limit on how big creatures can get?
Also if a surface were "smooth" then it would have no friction so unless all your shapes have some level of sliding friction then that could be a problem.
MaestroAlvis 1 year ago
@MaestroAlvis There are several things that limit creature size. There's a limit on the number of blocks along any chain connecting the "root" block to the tip of an appendage (the body is a "tree" structure). There's a limit on the total number of blocks in the body. And finally, there's a limit on how big a single block can be. The first two of those limits can be set by the user in the creature body settings, the third is hard-coded.
kjlg74 1 year ago
@kjlg74 What about limits in overall dimensions like height or length of the whole creature. In an evolution that I ran where I just wanted to get a creature that jumps as high as possible I didn't have it determine fitness relative to size and as I watched it I wondered why it did not just increase it's fitness by increasing it's size.
MaestroAlvis 1 year ago
I'm curious if there are any known organisms that move like this in real life?
cliftut 2 years ago
how do you increase the chance of it rolling like this?
Yumminess0 3 years ago
I wish I knew. The only help I can give is that these were evolved without oscillators (the sine wave components in the "brain" settings), and had fitness based on distance traveled.
kjlg74 3 years ago
I'm evolving one that rolls like this right now.
inthefade 3 years ago
Oh! This is much like how the end-over-end worm started off (see video #60 in the zoo). Perhaps your run will produce a 3rd independently evolved end-over-end worm (perhaps not, but it would be interesting).
kjlg74 3 years ago
Speaking of transparency.
How do you get it?
I know how to change the textures.
TheReasonWhyGuy 3 years ago
It's in there. If you use F1 to do the random-texture painting, eventually you'll find it. It's easy to overlook because the effect is very crude and not obvious from every angle. It happens to look better than normal in this video, which is why I even bothered to stick with it in the video.
kjlg74 3 years ago
Like most walking.
It is falling then catching itself.
This one is just really good at catching itself.
TheReasonWhyGuy 3 years ago
I like the transparency.
TheReasonWhyGuy 3 years ago