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"The very idea of a gene pool has no meaning if there is no sex. 'Gene Pool'
is a persuasive metaphor because the genes of a sexual population
are being continually mixed and diffused, as if in a liquid.
Bring in the time dimension, and the pool becomes a river,
flowing through geological time..."
-Richard Dawkins, from |
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Gene Pool
is an artificial life simulation in which populations of
physics-based organisms evolve swimming capabilities over time. These organisms are
called "swimbots".
You can set mate preference criteria and thus influence what the swimbots consider as
attractive qualities in potential mates. The most attractive swimbots get chosen most
often and so their genetic building blocks propogate to future generations. Eventually, swimbots get better at
pursuing each other, competing for food, and becoming babes to other swimbots.
Local gene pools emerge which compete for sex and food (for energy to have more sex).
Eventually a dominant sub-population takes over.
And sometimes, everyone just dies (but you can help keep them alive, by moving food bits and swimbots around, and constraining the migration of competing populations by using the "Great Wall") |
(includes Mac version!) You can also download the older versions... (WARNING: pool files from versions lower than 4 are not compatible with later versions)
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If you like Gene Pool,
you'll probably dig...
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A Review of Gene Pool by TechnoZeus...
GenePool evolved from within...
(c) 2008 by JJ Ventrella |