1000x Gravity Snail - Evolved Virtual Creature

This creature was evolved in 3DVCE with gravity set to 1000 times default strength. Most creatures can't survive, let alone move, in that environment. This creature is a follow-up on the "100x Gravity Snail" from an earlier video. It is almost certainly moving via abuse of weakneses in the physics engine - I expect it has little other choice when its body weighs three orders of magnitude more than normal.

This creature was submitted by Nathanael Plapp a long long time ago in a galaxy far away (ok, it was this galaxy, but it was a LONG time ago - but finally, I got around to it).

3DVCE web page: http://www.stellaralchemy.com/lee/virtual_creatures.html

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• 3D
• virtual
• creature
• evolution
• genetic
• algorithm
• programming
• simulation
• physics
• artificial
• life
• intelligence
• software
• fitness
• graphics
• population
• animation
• adaptation
• generations
• computation

[danielkirk1]

Can some evolutions turn out 'junk'? I've made about 2 awesome evolutions about 5 *snore* evolutions :P

Could lowering the population help refine better creatures in some circumstances? Thanks.

[kjlg74]

@danielkirk1 Oh yeah, some runs just don't do well at all. So far on this channel I've posted pretty much every creature that I or others have evolved (at least the ones they've sent me) so the variety seen in the videos - the number of interesting vs dull creatures, it roughly on par with what one can expect from the program.

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[kjlg74]

As for small population size, I find it helps refine creatures more quickly as long as their performance doesn't vary too too much (i.e. same creature does terribly one time and fantastic the next). I sometimes start with a large population, for the variety that offers, and then once the population settles to a single body plan, I reduce the population size to quickly refine that body plan.

[danielkirk1]

@kjlg74 Ah thanks for that :) I tried this and I'm getting much nicer results.

You good sir deserve a nobel prize for this program. Cheers!

[kjlg74]

@danielkirk1 Thanks a lot, danielkirk1! Feel free to send my way any interesting creatures you might evolve, if you like. I'll be happy to record and post videos of them. Alternatively, if you post any creature vids of your own, I'll add a link on the web site :)

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

they're like little race cars XD

[kjlg74]

@TheReasonWhyGuy Bumper cars! :D

[fighterpiolt1992]

too bad this isnt for linux operating systems :(

[ArePenguinsAwesome2]

Am I the only 13 year old who likes these kinds of programs?

[cbrhawk1]

I'm trying a huge population and tiny tournament size to keep the gene pool diversified. Is that going to help or hurt?

My goal is to soften up the root regression that always shows up. With small populations, you have a huge root regression of a higher number as I've experienced multiple times, why some runs turn out good and bad IMO.

[vincentmagician]

... wouldlike to see what happens in a higher gavity for these little guys

[radonas]

im going to set gravity x100 and choos height

[pythor2]

0:44 he tipped the little guy over! what a big bully.