Breeders Dev Diary #7 - cactus timelapse

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Published on April 14, 2013 2:47:00 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB1f9-TcFPc

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I'm deep into dev mode on my Breeders simulation. Here's a short timelapse I took of the sim last night. I have some new growing, changing cactus and mushrooms as a part of the lifecycle of the sim.

I'm still trying to find a balance between complexity and performance for some of the plants. I'm sort of obsessed with the idea that every plant be different from it's siblings. I had the proof of concept earlier using a single morphing shape ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3m0UzlGFeE ) but it is too clunky to use in large numbers.

These TriCactus are much more manageable. It's likely that I'll end up using a mixture of the two techniques.

Breeders is a simulation of life based on very simple physics-based rules. It's an exploration of emergent behaviour, evolution and the therapeutic effects of tossing around large number of physically simulated objects. (^_^) Subscribe to this channel for more updates. http://youtube.com/KitchenDon

More info and a playable version of the simulation here: http://brainblinks.com/?p=545