Running your own AI ecosystem simulation

After a long awaited period, you can now run this AI evolution simulator on your own computer !
Using an evolutive neural network algorithm inspired by NEAT, the bibites gradually get better and smarter through mutations, natural selection, and evolution!
Download the demo on itch.io :
leocaussan.itch.io/the-bibites
Or Support the project and get the full version on PATREON :
/ thebibites
For any inquiry or if you want to help contact me through email at :
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[@TheRedVipre]

As someone who is fascinated by AI simulations but lacking any ability to code, THANK YOU for this!

[@spinnis]

There is a more advanced similar program called LSES where you can also change even more parameters for free without subbing to a patreon. You can change a lot more things, and it has a map editor. It can lead to a lot more advanced behaviors. The guy stopped developing it tho, so the Bibites might eventually overtake this as the best simulator for this kind of thing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqCqqKudjq2Am5o&t

[@TheJysN]

It's not magic. You can learn it. There are great free courses online for any programming language and AI Concepts.

[@proxy1035]

you can always start to leanr coding. i'd recommend QBASIC64, it's like the original QBASIC, but runs on 64 bit machines, compiles programs into EXE files, and adds like a million new features/commands. plus it has a built-in wiki so you can easily look up the function of commands without needing google (just press F1 while the text cursor is over a command), and the IDE itself is also easy to understand... overall it's pretty beginner friendly compared to a lot of other things out there. www.qb64.org/

[@argenteus8314]

To echo the others, I'd advise you learn to code at least a LITTLE. I'm not very good at it either, it doesn't need to be your calling, but it can be a help a LOT sometimes to be able to do some simple coding. There are plenty of free guides online, and some languages (like Python) are very easy to learn.

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

@@argenteus8314 Agreed ! To me coding is like being able to cast magic. Anything you can think of, you can program pretty much. just write spells and they end up making things happen. I don't consider myself a good programmer AT ALL, to develop this project I pretty much just started with the idea and searched on google, asked questions, etc. to figure out how to do it. I honestly think anyone can do it. A lot of people even told me that this project as inspired them to try it out themselves and that's really amazing! Programming should be taught in school ahah

[@somdudewillson]

1:54 "ernergy" I guess you missed a few typos. :P

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Aww maaann... It's 0:20 AM and I need to sleep :'( I'll fix it tomorrow

[@somdudewillson]

@@TheBibitesDigitalLife No worries m8, I don't think that there's a game dev on the planet who hasn't had at least one dumb typo in a published game. ;P

[@thehiddenninja3428]

@@TheBibitesDigitalLife Also "roting"

[@guard13007]

Nah, ernergy is just a special kind of virtual energy, right?

[@sn4pi]

@@somdudewillson best example is "Roguelands" which still had a "0.4 pre-alpha" info in main menu, even though it got a full release 🤷‍♂️ --> got hotfixed 1 day after release

[@li_ka2]

About the weird statistics, you could vote for more than one thing

[@themixedmaster]

When I came across this channel a month ago I thought it was dead. So glass it’s not. Keep up the good work.

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Thanks! Yeah I still have a full-time job so I'm dead slow working on it ahah, but hey that's better than nothing !

[@NadeExists]

I’m glass it’s not too.

[@zanderoneil3405]

*g l a s s*

[@talkativecloud5452]

I found this channel yesterday and I was sure it's dead probably But here's a new video a very next day

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Yeah I'm dead slow 😥 that's what I get for trying to start a dev career while working full time as an engineer...

[@talkativecloud5452]

@@TheBibitesDigitalLife Nah, don't worry about that. We love this anyway

[@talkativecloud5452]

@@TheBibitesDigitalLife Even if there are like few videos a year, it's still really good content worth clicking

[@talkativecloud5452]

@@TheBibitesDigitalLife Because of this series and you uploading this simulation to the public, I'm sure you have just created at least few new software developers that will make a living out of it

[@HunterHerbst]

Bruh, I freaking love Bibites. I eventually want to get around to making my own implementation of NEAT in a program. But that's for a later time when I have more knowledge on how this stuff works.

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

I'll try going a little more technical soon, maybe that'll help you!

[@allwhatyouwant]

Thanks for pointing me in the direction of NEAT! Such a thing was always my dream to build

[@Zolphite]

Hey I have a full code along on the neat algorithm. It is long but you can basically follow along step by step and code the algorithm yourself in code and create creatures that chase food. Its a good starting point for bibets.

[@skynse8174]

@@Zolphite I created a neat library for Godot Engine 4. Gonna publish it soon.

[@zanderwohl]

I found your channel via recommendations about a week ago, I'm so pleased that I happened to find this right as you put out a release.

[@bouenyfolefack3489]

3:46 Holy crap! I’m in the video!

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Soon to be celebrity !

[@Seff2]

Me too at 6:22 :D

[@ruvenzub]

"Uploaded 1 minute ago" Aw yeah

[@criszis]

Aw YEAH!!!

[@rosso4122]

Maybe you should add a fps/performance tracker anf have people submit their stats together with their hardware

[@LoisoPondohva]

This

[@zanderoneil3405]

*a n f*

[@willbaldwin2047]

Really Love Genetic Algorithms and their application! This is awesome. Found you on Reddit btw.

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Oh ! Pretty cool, I figured it would only be from KZbin to Reddit, nice to no it goes both ways, Welcome :)

[@tanjalukic7008]

Bibites remember if you impoment new stats like speed to put some debuff on it like extra energi consumpion or every build will develop the same genes. Also love your content:)

[@Digikidthevoiceofreason]

It’s spelled ENERGY. Not energi.

[@jannikheidemann3805]

@@Digikidthevoiceofreason How that word is spelled is not important on this chanel 1:54 . It's the meaning that counts!

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

YEAH DIGIKID, we get to spell things HOWEVER we want here Ernergy

[@Digikidthevoiceofreason]

The Bibites Sure. Go ahead. It just proves that you are too stupid to know how to spell correctly then.

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Download the game on itch.io : leocaussan.itch.io/the-bibites Or Support the project and get the advanced version on PATREON : www.patreon.com/leocaussan For any inquiry or if you want to help contact me through email at : [e-mail]

[@amixofvids5943]

First

[@orsonzedd]

if you can, work on a Switch version, too. I'd play the shit out of it on Switch

[@iancardenas-spanishbutcomp4074]

Great :D Thanks for the demo

[@jamie7472]

I'm glad the bibites are still in development. I was worried you had given up.

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

@@jamie7472 I like to think of myself as a marathoner more than a sprinter ahah. I'm slow, but I don't give up! Except more (slow) content in the (far) future!

[@Turtleexe-ky9cm]

Seems like a lot has happened congratulations on your recent achievements hope to see more about this project

[@mtndew314]

Its weird to see the early part of a channel's life time. Just think of what it might look like it a year or two. Can't wait to see how you're channel and project(s) will grow and improve

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Yeah, quality has to be a lot better than this if I hope to make it, but I'm getting there slowly ahah

[@annabunni64]

KZbin recommended this channel to me the other month and I'm glad it did. This stuff is cool.

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Thanks !

[@joops110]

I've been checking for 1.2 EVERY DAY! Thanks so much!!

[@levivriens399]

I'm really grateful that you decided to make these videos. Keep up the great work

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Thanks !

[@grimtin10]

YES!! I've been waiting for this!

[@peytonfastabend4319]

some awesome stuff as always! those patreon tier sprites are looking nice! makes me excited for what the sprites in-game are gonna look like. keep at it my dude!

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Yeah, so far I drew them with one of my friend and got a little too into it, every one took us ~20-30 minutes to test, make, and polish ahah. I'll try my best to draw inspiration and make them possible through the procedural sprites system

[@TheJysN]

Cool to see a new video from you. Looking forward to what this will become.

[@not_a_real_cow-9701]

I think watching how different types of „creatures“ evolve is really interesting I love you and your videos. Have a good day, happy wishes from suizerland

[@ProductiveDude]

Keep going! The more intricate the bibites get, the more interesting this becomes! :)

[@catjovenyt2708]

This is awesome! Keep doing what you do, and dont let anyone stop you!!

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Thanks ! AND I WONT!

[@KrazyKaiser]

Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful!!! I really cannot wait to see where this project goes in the future, hopefully I can get my financial situation squared away and become a supporter of you too! I really have always wanted something like this to exist, but no one seemed to be making it and I certainly couldn't do it. It's really cool that you are willing to put your time into this for everyone to enjoy. And I'm so glad you have been getting the incredible response you have been receiving so far.

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Thanks you so much! Yeah it has been incredible, I too look forward to do more ❤️!

[@brendethedev2858]

Ooo I'm in the video as one of the nice responses :D seriously don't overwork yourself! But I love this project so much can't wait to run it tomorrow!!

[@SnoofSnoofSnoof]

You are smoothing the the road of accessible ai experimentation :) please keep up you efforts, I'm very glad to have found your channel!

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Thanks a lot !

[@stavroslazopoulos]

Keep up the good work, your content is extremely enjoyable! Hope this channel grows pretty quickly ^_^

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Thanks a lot !

[@marekbudai8682]

Good job creator, your project is just so interesting and amazing!

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Thanks you so much !

[@lithuanianv1nce975]

Love this guy . He makes neorological evolution look nice and makes the video interesting at the same time . Saying this again : Love this guy

[@Yawrf]

Just wanna let you know that what you're doing is *awesome* and has inspired me to get further along in coding my own implementation of NEAT than I've ever gotten before

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Awesome to hear ! Do you have a showcase :o ? Those kind of things always interest me (obviously ahah)

[@Yawrf]

@@TheBibitesDigitalLife Nah, not much of a video maker, but it's also not complete yet XD (getting bogged down by schoolstuff)

[@PhenixArcher]

A simulation where two A.I.’s fight each other. One an intruder running through a dungeon, fighting the inhabitants and looking for treasure, with the goal of getting to the core, and the dungeon’s core seeking to protect its life. Every time the intruder wins by killing the core the simulation starts again. However, the core remembers what happened last time, it remembers everything the other A.I. does. When the dungeon wins, a random (or fixed) amount of time passes without the interference of new intruders. After that time new intruders come. When the intruder survives the dungeon, they leave and all intruders that follow them know what they experienced in the dungeon. If the intruders all die no new information about the dungeon reaches the next intruders. The A.I. that controls the core can change things about the dungeon within a set of rules. Create monster, make them stronger, absorb dead creatures, and many such things. The A.I. can upgrade itself, the core, and the dungeon itself, with some rules and limits. There must always be a direct path to the core from the entrance of the dungeon. Can you do this? Its probably too much to ask, but it might be a fun idea to play with.

[@goatfood1504]

Love your channel, keep up the good work!

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Thanks !

[@weinsim3856]

Wow this has really turned into something. keep up with the great work!

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Thanks !

[@liamrathsman]

You, the man🤙🏼

[@muratsaroglu3921]

Omg you added ALOT of things to this

[@Cocoooo122]

That's awesome ! For optimisation I would recommand trying Unity's ECS. With the burst compiler, and all threads used, you'll get a huge performance boost :)

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

yeah I'll be looking into that !

[@thelegend8570]

Nice!

[@gigim7363]

Merci!

[@thesevendeadlysins578]

Cool!! I love it!

[@diogocruzdiniz3186]

Awesome video! Good to know you're still working on this amazing project. Abou the optimisation, I can try to help you, I'll be sending you an email with more details. Also, looking forward to the source code (even though that will ruin the whole patreon thing bc it will be free from then on basically) and for another vid! Keep up the good work!

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

answered

[@diogocruzdiniz3186]

@@TheBibitesDigitalLife I didn't get anything yet

[@minaaja1]

I bet this channel will be huge real soon. KZbin algorithm will recommend it to everyone :P

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

I sure hope so! But I think quality still needs improvement, This is only my 3rd real video ever technically ahah, I still need a lot of practice

[@000Krim]

outstanding, thanks you

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

my pleasure :)

[@guard13007]

Oh my god a new Bibites update! :D Wooo!!

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Awww yies

[@revenevan11]

Love this!

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

And I love you !

[@yersiniapestis1039]

Sadly, I have no computer, so I'll just sit and wait ;) Maybe you remember me, and my plan to create an A.I inside an ecosystem was to add different tipes of Alive Pixels usong CGOL as base, and each one would interfere on each other in different ways. That way, with two Alive Pixel Types with different rules and that interact, I could maybe improve gliders, and etc. My ecosystems would include Barriers and Broken Barrier that comes from Barriers that had contact with Alive Pixel and got spreaded though the grid. If you wonder how I would actually put an A.I into a CGOL, Imagine a car that is driven by an A.I, but it is so small that all the sides are four pixels. That way, it could learn how to turn and move through the grid while generations run. Saadly, it's just theorical, but maybe someday I'll do it. I wish your Project to have success, and for you, a nice new year!

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Just the same :) Looks very interesting, kind of like a cellular automata on steroids ! Look up Dave Ackley, he is doing very interesting stuff related to that !

[@FlameFireFlower]

So you're telling me this channel, which I stumbled upon yesterday, just released a video, which is pretty rare here? Huh, neat

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

You're one of the lucky ones ahah. Others have been waiting for months 😥

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

@@theodoratinnakristinardottir sorry to hear, many think probably like you :/ I love this project but it's hard to put in time as I'm working full time. I'll do my best to post smaller updates more frequently!

[@shohanahmedniloy9218]

My inspiration to learning Machine Learning. Soon I will also make code one like yours, I am at the level 'Linear Algebra' right now. And good night

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Awesome to hear, glad I could inspire you !

[@jameslape8656]

I was sanding a bench im building sorry couldn't watch it sooner. Great update video

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

I hope that sanded bench was WORTH IT >:( joke ahah, Real life should always be more important than virtual life and it's awesome that you are able to do things with your hands :)

[@rubenhillier770]

This is cool man thanks for sharing 👍

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

My pleasure 😁

[@nagirok1]

YAAAAYY A NEW VID

[@sebastianknox6241]

This is awesome its actually inspired me to start learning how to do stuff like this also this as a mobile app would be great as well

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Yeah I got a long way out before Its optimized enough to run on mobile, but definitely ! Also always glad to hear I inspired some ❤️

[@MindeIiux]

looking forward to buy this on steam

[@danandchristineharbour2538]

In biomes there should be aqautic, land, and both creatures. The ones who do both will work like the food system. The more adapted to one the faster they can move there.

[@finminder2928]

So glad I subbed

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

I'm so glad you did !

[@tulenich9948]

I found your channel yesterday and subscrubed, today the video came out.

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Nice timing! Some people subscribed 4 months ago and were waiting for a video that long 😢 I'll try to do smaller and more frequent updates, but can't promise anything

[@MudakTheMultiplier]

Oooh! Definitely gonna mess with this this weekend.

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

fun times ahead !

[@firebrain2991]

cool idea for those of us at home: the ability to put a name label on a creature that is heritable, to keep track of the descendants of certain creatures. ofc uninheritable nametags are nice for those of us who like to get unnecessarily attached to things

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

That would be so cool :o !

[@kairon156]

I would love to see this as either a screen saver or something you can run on the desktop of a phone.

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Screensaver is way more likely ahah ! But yeah I'll look into it :)

[@kairon156]

​@@TheBibitesDigitalLife Sweet. I think seeing these creatures roam across 2 monitors will be fun. I was just thinking of a dark mode instead of a white background, But it might make things tough to see.

[@darkmoens]

Im student Bio engineer specialised in modelisation. If i discovered y-the bibites 6 month ago i would have made bibites my master thesis !

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Awesome to know! Glad to hear it's relevant even in that field !

[@draconianfleet3584]

It would seem that part of my suggestion was accepted probably to how nice it is

[@Slash27015]

I'm in absolute love with this. Is there a chance you'll make a multiplayer version? I'd love to host it!

[@jeanneboudreau1053]

I love your videos! Pretty amazing project! Are you a scientist? You seem very intelligent 😊

[@lokegustafsson247]

I think I know how to do the graph visualization in a good way. Give the nodes repelling charges, and let the edges act like springs. Then compute the force and iteratively update the particles for a few iterations. Obviously this computation only needs to be triggered by selecting a bibit in the UI. I have seen this method before, and it is a really powerful way to visualize graphs. Also, I second the suggestion to make this open source! I would love to contribute!

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Hmm berry true force driven graphs sounds cool :o thank you very much !

[@vunga8195]

Pretty neat!

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Nice pun 😎 I hope it was intended

[@vunga8195]

@@TheBibitesDigitalLife it was

[@thomasbelleplace8894]

Bravo pour ton programme genial de voir des personnages du Québec s'intéresser à ça!

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Watch out Tout le monde en parle, je m'en viens ahah

[@thomasbelleplace8894]

@@TheBibitesDigitalLife hahahaha

[@creepychawn7634]

yeh! thanks 🦾

[@ryangonelli5085]

I had 500,000 time on my bibites and they developed N 30 S84 and then I bugged the system when I was playing halo reach with a shader. A super blue bibite egg engulfed the whole area and then I lost the position of where my bites where. It was very depressing, but in the future I hope we will be able to save our progress. The simulation you have been making is great, I hope that the future that the looks of the bibites aren't just for aesthetic features like if a bite is more streamline or if a bite has bigger jaws better equipped for hunting.

[@mk1interactive944]

add a player interface, by linking out put to manual control. this of course would cause problem with breeding so.. disable it on control? and maybe a slider for what the user wants for food (re-spawn required?). btw i just saw this about 1h ago and instantly had became extremely interested in it, i would be happy if dis became one of the options for future updates! :D

[@yt-dman]

just a suggestion black holes when the bibites go into the radius of a black hole , it'll suck away it's energy as it pulls towards it.

[@j-rizza0079]

Can’t wait for the steam version

[@Zolphite]

For anyone wanting to Code their own NEAT algorithm I have a full code along on the algorithm. It is long but you can basically follow along step by step and code the algorithm yourself in code and create creatures that chase food. Its a good starting point for bibites.

[@fireballme1153]

Yay! Time to make a battlefield arena of carnivorous bibites!

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

The Bibites : Battle Royale

[@fireballme1153]

@@TheBibitesDigitalLife Only The Complex Neural Networks Will Survive

[@RoxOn413]

*Noises of excitement*

[@shadowdragon2484]

thanks alot for the work you have done on this project. I would be happy to support this on steam once you get to a stage where you feel comftorable releasing it there. Also IM IN THE VID (sorry for that but I had too XD)

[@Jack-vo7yf]

I would absolutely love to see this on github. That guy is right.

[@crescentgemini9093]

je sais que je suis en retard pour le party, je ne fais qu'alimenter le monstre qu'est l'algorithme youtube. j'adore ton concept, continue comme ca,c'est hot en asti!

[@zomvies]

I think a great idea would be to make bibites capable of changing their environment in some way, like cows and other farm animals do now by releasing methane and heating the planet´s temperature. Also I think plants can be an amaizing thing to add because of how important they are in the real ecosystem, allowing cooperation between them and the bibites using waste and food has trade coin Love your work man

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Thanks a lot! And yeah, that's going to be the idea behind biomes and evolving plants :) The Bibites should impact the environment just as much as it impacts them!

[@zomvies]

@@TheBibitesDigitalLife Awesome, cant wait to see how this proyect is gonna be in a few years, like whit different species and lots of variables, your proyect has a lot of future:)

[@dust195]

Yay!

[@tdoge]

Awesome work as usual! will try to become a patreon once I stop being a poor college student.

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Don't worry I feel you! I was a poor college student not so long ago (and still am since I am still paying those student debts ahah)

[@krystostheoverlord1261]

Can't wait to start messing with it😈

[@hugo-exe2358]

Things you could add: biomes, cold/hot, heat and cold reselistence gene, actual plant life(plants who evolve alongside the bibts).I think that new bibt skins would be cool.I love your content.

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Thanks ! I'll be working on exactly that soon!

[@Azide.01]

Awesome! Ive been waiting for this for so long and cant wait to play. An idea. Maybe you could try and get it on the play store? That would mean nearly everyone could get ti and make the game really popular.

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

I think it would have a lot of troubble running on a cellphone tho ! I might try it out, just to see how it goes ahah

[@Azide.01]

@@TheBibitesDigitalLife Awesome. I am on chromebook so im having troubl gtting the game to work. ith it on playstore, it would mean people would have more access. :) Also, a cool feature would be to be able to control a bibite.

[@water2205]

Yes

[@shondab2906]

just wanted to say thanks

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Just wanted to say thank you too ❤️!

[@MrGman590]

I think I'm going to have a "bibite tank" soon. Probably put it on a tv on my wall. Just watch them do their thing.

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Omg that would be so cool !!! Definitely hit me up (or post it on the subreddit) if you come around doing that

[@drewmileham202]

This is fucking beautiful. Fantastic job on this and thanks for making it a downloadable project. If I can ask I question: How do make them learn? I understand how they work like the weights and stuff but im not sure how you would make them learn over time.

[@RomanQrr]

Several thing I'd like to see in simulation program: "Follow oldest": makes you follow oldest bibite. If that bibite dies, makes you follow the new oldest bibite. "Follow most complex": makes you follow the bibite that has the biggest brain until it dies. If new bibite is born that is more comlplex, but you are following a bibite, it shouldn't jump to that new bibite. Once the bibite that you follow dies jump to the current most complex bibite. "Walls": most early bibites die because they run away from food. I'd be nice if there were walls around the feeding ground. I'd also be nice if you'd be able to place walls yourself. "Statistics": some stats with graphs like how many bibites die per second, average age per second, average complexion per second and so on.

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Agreed on all of it !

[@Thegrrog]

I just found this channel, and I got to say the ideas you have are amazing. And it looks like this simulator is shaping up nicely. I do have a question, will there be environmental obstacles that the bibites will have to overcome? Some examples could be: “holes”could be generated throughout the map, that can kill those that fall into them. Or maybe a lot of food is in one location, but a “mountain” is blocking easy access to set food...Nevertheless your doing amazing job, and when it comes out on I will definitely give it a try.

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Thanks a lot for the kind comments :) Yes definitely, I figured a few parameters would define biomes and one of them could be toxicity, or something like that... Also rocks, yeah, plenty of rocks for them to move around

[@Thegrrog]

The Bibites awesome can’t wait to seem them added.

[@MrRyanroberson1]

you might want to make it start at the middle setting instead, as a faster setting might amplify lag issues

[@larry9398]

10/10 finally we can have digimon in our computers.

[@shamelescampr5594]

I think i speak for many, I'd love an updated kinda tutorial from the creator himself. Since you have added lots since this specific video

[@keldwikchaldain9545]

Have you considered using the new DOTS architecture? It seems like this simulation would be very well adapted to using that style of development since it allows you to make the whole thing highly threaded and set up for number crunching. If you're feeling particularly adventurous, there's also potential for using a library for GPU-accellerated linear algebra, since you can represent most (all?) neural networks as a set of matrix multiplications, and those can be done incredibly fast on the GPU.

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Yeah I'll be looking into that ! DOTS seems very promising

[@sammysammyson]

I want to take a machine learning course to learn how to do this stuff. I've written natural selection simulators, but they, of course, have predetermined behaviors from a set list, as opposed to ones that develop on their own over time. Also, I don't know if you've touched on it (I'm at 5:50), but I think having it available for everyone is the best route. It makes it accessible for discussion, bug reports, etc., and the people who want to give still will. Just some food (pellets?) for thought :D Status update: Ah, it is a demo. Scratch that. I think that was a good route to go :)

[@maanvis81]

I used graphviz to visualize graphs and it aligns the nodes and edges automatically for easy visibility. I think it could also help with visualizing the brain structure better:)

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Could be interesting :o ! I'll look that up thanks ! Someone also suggested force- directed graph, that could be cool too ! And kind of biological maybe ? Ahah

[@maanvis81]

@@TheBibitesDigitalLife graphviz prolly doesn't work with unity (unless you have it generate an image outside of the game) but it can give you a way to rapidly experiment with what kind of graph suits the brains. I know it supports directed graphs.

[@mondaynightmood7997]

As a budding comp Sci major, Thank you for the awesome videos! BTW, I know this may get lost in a sea of comments, but I also have a separate music channel and if you were looking to have permanent background music (or even music that evolves with the simulation) Please let me know I would love to contribute!

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

Sure, send me a mail :) I have an idea that is starting to form in my mind with procedural and evolutive soundscape

[@snowmix4039]

Yay

[@k98killer]

As another programmer, I am quite interested in modifying an artificial life simulation to experiment with parapsychological models, though I'm not quite ready to begin (currently working on some blockchain IoT bullshit). My basic idea is to test the brain-as-consciousness-antenna hypothesis by creating a second model that weakly interacts with the neuron connection weights and genetic processes and can "reincarnate" (i.e. attach to new agents), perhaps even allowing multiple, simultaneous incarnations.

[@ttpfp1206]

Maybe you could add some kind of overlay which colors the bibites depending on what value a specific stat has.

[@mortigoth]

It would be a nice 'screensaver' (like the SETI and scientific projects which are full programs of their own)... 😏

[@TheBibitesDigitalLife]

You can pretty much already run it as a screensaver !

[@Falcodrin]

Seti has a visualiser version?