Creatures Demo

[truth3712]

omg tht's so cute

[Neuroplasm]

Thanks for your interest in this video, I'm just posting a commentated version of the same video, than explains wots going on.

wemustdissent, has posted some accurate information above, thanks :)

[wemustdissent]

to get a different trait you can change the computer represintation of the enviornment. This technique is used by engineers for real world applications.

[wemustdissent]

The ones that are better at getting from A to B survive while those that cant die off. Thats all. After many generations you get "organisms" that can swim.

[wemustdissent]

evolutionary computer programs work the same way evolution works. They set up an enviornment like "underwater." They set up a goal like "get from point A to point B" (in nature this "goal" is set from survival competition) then they start with a random shape like a box and have the box "mutate" its shape completely at random. This box then "mates" and splits into generations and those boxes mutate and mate and split.

[Ifoundher]

I need an explanation. I have no idea what's going on... but it's interesting.

[bylBRANTLEY]

are those creatures the result of evolution or have they been designed?

anyway, great work!