NeuraQuarium
About
NeuraQuarium simulates a basic aquatic environment populated by AI creatures. Watch them evolve and change through chance, or take a hand in their evolution by molding the environment.
Evolution in Action
The first creatures that spawn will have the same basic physiology and random neural nets. Those that succeed in finding enough food to survive and reproduce will pass down slightly different versions of their physical traits and brain structures. Over many generations, their offspring may come to be quite different.
Each creature's behaviors are entirely determined by its artificial neural network. You can watch the neurons fire in real-time, and see how brain structures are passed from parent to offspring.
Save copies of creatures who've evolved interesting behaviors or features with the click of a button, and just as easily, spawn in a copy at any time. Create a custom-curated ecosystem by mixing in your favorite species from past simulations.
Check out a few examples here.
Easy-access sliders allow you to modify the parameters of the simulation, including mutation rates, the availability of food, and how costly it is to reproduce. You can modify the map with barriers to separate environments or make mazes, or add food dispensers so that different areas have different availability of food.