Evolution is an evolution simulation. "Beasts" can move around and reproduce, however this takes energy. When the energy of a beast reaches 0, he dies.
Reproduction mimicks that of real life. Each beast has a genetic code, similar to DNA. When two beasts reproduce, the new beast will be a combination of their genetic code, with possibly some random mutations.
The "brain" of the beasts uses inputs such as distance to others, objects etc, as some kind of basic neural network.
Inspired by / loosely based on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3tRFayqVtk and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myJ7YOZGkv0
Evolution:
- Add food, moving towards food (gives energy)
- Add fighting / eating eachother: bigger is better, fighting gene
- Add speed as genetic parameter
Simulation:
- Add controlable speed
- Toggle button not changing with keypress
Evolution:
- Add items to environment - obstacles, dangers
- Add environment factors that suite certain beasts, for example:
- forest limits speed of larger beasts
- temperature effects energy usage (perhaps have a "fur" gene that decreases energy usage in cold, but decreases speed in warmth
- Add aging, disease
- Implement species: Certain max distance between genes. If distance is too large, there's a different species, which prevents reproduction and cannibalism
Simulation:
- Highlight families of beasts
- Show family tree
- Use own rendering (like in brain) for fast quad tree render
Implemented:
- Larger beasts turn slower (defined in
Beast._apply_action) - Larger beasts have higher energy consumption (defined in
Beast.__init__) - Larger beasts have a bigger chance to win a fight (defined in
Beast._fight_result)
To be added:
- Larger beasts have larger energy storage