I made a simple change, but that increases significantly the performance of the simulator: collision tests are executed every two frames instead of every frame; it is worth to sacrifice a bit of precision to half the time consumption of collision tests, as the displacement of moving elements between one frame and the next one is minimal, so it does not deserve another bunch of tests.

Author: WebAxol

app/public/js/runExperiment/simulator/layers/Ecosystem/Ecosystem.js

@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ class Ecosystem {
             this.world   = world;
             this.history = [];
 
+            this.#species = this.setUpSpecies(setUp.species);
+            this.#foodWeb = this.setUpFoodWeb(setUp.foodWeb);
+
             this.#organismBuilder = new OrganismBuilder(this);
             this.#mutator         = new Mutator(this);
             this.#mutator.init(setUp.mutations);
 
-            this.#species = this.setUpSpecies(setUp.species);
-            this.#foodWeb = this.setUpFoodWeb(setUp.foodWeb);
 
             // WARNING: the methods to instance organisms depend on the existance of the agentTypes "Organism" and "Circle"
 
@@ -40,8 +41,6 @@ class Ecosystem {
 
     isSetUpValid(setUp){
 
-        console.log(setUp);
-
         if(!setUp.species)   return false;
         if(!setUp.foodWeb)   return false;
 
@@ -50,8 +49,6 @@ class Ecosystem {
 
     setUpSpecies(species){
 
-        console.log(species);
-
         Object.keys(species).forEach(specieName => {
 
 

app/public/js/runExperiment/simulator/layers/Ecosystem/Mutator.js

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class Mutator {
     }
 
     init(mutationDetails){
+        console.log(this.ecosystem);
         this.mutations = this.setUpMutations(mutationDetails);
     }
 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ class Mutator {
         if(!mutationDetails){
             return; // No mutations
         }
-        
+
         var species = Object.keys(this.ecosystem.getAllSpecies());
         var mutations = {};
 

app/public/js/runExperiment/simulator/services/Organism/Organism.js

@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ class Organism extends Service{
 
     execute(){
 
+
+        if(this.world.frame % 2 == 0) return;
+        
         if(this.isGenerationOver === true){
 
           if(this.hasNotifiedGenOver === false){

app/public/js/runExperiment/simulator/services/Organism/OrganismBehaviour.js

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class OrganismBehaviour extends Service{ // once set the targets of each organis
     }
 
     spendEnergy(organism){
-        organism.energy -= (organism.vel.x * organism.vel.x) + (organism.vel.y * organism.vel.y) + (organism.sensitivity * 1.5);
+        organism.energy -= (organism.vel.x * organism.vel.x) + (organism.vel.y * organism.vel.y) + (organism.sensitivity * 1.5) * 2;
         if(organism.energy <= 0) this.#chief.world.notifyEvent('organismOutOfEnergy', { organism : organism });
 
     }

app/public/js/runExperiment/simulator/services/Renderer.js

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ class Renderer extends Service{
     }
 
     execute(){
+
+        if(this.world.frame % 2 == 0) return;
+
         this.context.fillStyle = 'rgba(0,0,0,0.3)';
         this.context.fillRect(0,0,canvas.width,canvas.height);