Simulate Life With Simulation Nodes

Download the simulation! sirrandalot.gumroad.com/l/Geo...
Download the game of life implementation! sirrandalot.gumroad.com/l/Geo...
Enjoy this relaxing extended simulation: • A day of simulated lif...
Check out the insanity that was the development of the blender virtual camera: • Make Your Renders Unne...
Wanted to see what I could do with the new simulation zone in the geometry nodes system. It did not disappoint.
Chapters:
0:00-Intro
0:11-Phase 1 (Life)
0:49-Phase 2 (Random Points)
0:59-Phase 3 (Instances)
1:03-Phase 4 (Raycast)
1:09-Phase 5 (Glow Up)
1:37-Phase 6 (SEED)
2:48-Phase 7 (Social Distancing)
2:59-Phase 8 (Terrain)
3:20-Phase 9 (Procedural Terrain)
3:52-Phase 10 (Tree)
4:53-Phase 11 (g R a S s)
5:10-Phase 12 (Creatures)
6:33-Phase 13 (Randomizer)
Music (in order):
- "Big Day Out" by Geoff Harvey
- "A Rising Wave" by Jeremy Blake
- "Dance" by Benjamin Tissot
- "After School Jamboree" by The Green Orbs
- "Tropical Summer Music" by Music_Unlimited
- "For Elevator Jazz Music" by Music_Unlimited
- "Quirky Dog" by Kevin MacLeod
- "Organ Bossa" by Julius H
- "The Key (Instrumental)" by Josh Woodward
- "Mall Walker" by Audionautix
- "Sneaky Feet" by Geoff Harvey
- "Peaceful Garden Healing Light Piano For Zen Landscapes" by Harumachi Music
- "Let's Get This Done" by Geoff Harvey
- "Mr Badger" by Geoff Harvey
- "Book Bag" by E's Jammy Jams
- "Sunset Piano Instrumental" by unknown artist (from Pixabay)
Some sound effects from freesound.org/

[@theunknown4834]

Now use the blender camera to take a time lapse of your island

[@sirrandalot]

Tempting... I'll get back to you in like 5 years xD

[@TheBookDoctor]

@@sirrandalotC'mon. That's what server farms are for.

[@kaustik185]

@@TheBookDoctor Nah, that's what the "Time" Parameter is for

[@Derpduck.]

Bro said "hold my stable psyche, I won't be needing it anytime soon".

[@apatsa_basiteni]

Leonardo Da Vinci, “Art and Science are two disciplines that must walk together hand in hand”.

[@ScientObject40]

The fact that you did all this with snapping turn off actually made my left lung explode.

[@A_Strider]

the amount of sheer effort that you put into the projects amazes me and im always glad to see a new video!

[@fungoose2195]

is this a linear algebra joke

[@Anteksanteri]

Obviously would have been easier to just program most of this stuff, but you know that already. Great stuff.

[@sirrandalot]

Thanks! Yeah of course, but where's the fun in that 😉

[@4crafters597]

You mean you can do that with Python as an addon?!

[@jbcom2416]

But thats not the way

[@aulerius]

my man just casually recreated "Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution" inside Blender

[@PrimerBlobs]

Mad jelly

[@sirrandalot]

Shouldn't be, considering that your videos were definitely part of my inspiration when making this!

[@PrimerBlobs]

@@sirrandalot I can still be jealous of a cool project. :)

[@TheSkiCam]

"Who's that ... simulated creature!?!" totally got me. Incredible videos and awesome presentation. This channel deserves to take off.

[@jelashford]

This is incredible! Thank you so much for sharing it all, please continue doing these clearly frustrating but impressive things! :D

[@sirrandalot]

My bran cells are happy to sacrifice themselves for your entertainment o7

[@xiscc-14debopomroychowdhur52]

This..this is the type of stuff I come to youtube for

[@TinyMaths]

Bro, you've got me wondering about your educational background by the research you need to do to get these projects working; just with your proof of concept I was like WTF??? Lovin' this channel.

[@thoughte2432]

Now I have seen true insanity

[@skialsbasement6040]

new big youtuber on the rise

It's amazing you can do this all inside Blender. I never knew it was such a powerful program.

[@traycyberon]

This is what we need in SpaceEngine

[@theencoder6992]

The way he uses nodes gives me the same existential dread that mid-late game factorio does.

[@TelefonSquid]

I don't even really use blender but your videos are fascinating. I just like this style of presentation.

[@AllExistence]

You, Sir, desperately need to collab with Erindale. You two node wizards definitely can create something magical.

[@KeeponChucking]

Can't wait for the video where you accurately simulate the universe in blender geometry nodes.

[@daan3898]

You lost your sanity making this.... I never dabbled with geometry nodes to begin with, that area scares the crap out of me. I lost my sanity watching all the nodes go into nodes and eating nodes! Cudo's to you my good man to even figure this all out very impressive work.

[@KrazyKaiser]

Holy shit that is the best any maybe only invasive species meme I've ever seen, incredible!

[@DarkPhantomchannel]

wooooooooooooooooooo. It's amazing where we can push Blender nowadays!!! Great job showing its potential!

[@anthonysmechanics]

I lost my sanity just watching this but imagen doing this is amazing! And he is letting us have the file is just incredible! Keep doing amazing work!

[@captainlizard2324]

My god, this is insane! I can't even imagine how much time you spend on this. The f*ing sample fields node is my nemesis I always forget that it exists and bash my head against red line for undetermined amount of time before remembering that it exists and then bashing my face against it for a couple of minutes because I can't wrap my head around the inner workings XD

[@alexandre.albisser]

A real pleasure to watch! Kind of feels like the Spore game and makes me want to see a follow up where your creature can evolve :D

[@sirrandalot]

Thanks! I had a similar thought actually.

[@Tachastasiia]

ok - how in the world I didn't know about your channel? I am literally love you man The dedication - humour - insanity = you are the whole package Live long and prosper

[@vanished001]

I hope after this monumental task. You reached out to the Blender devs with a list of, "please make it this way, so people don't go insane." 😂

[@hawx786]

Loved the simulation and your determination. Kept pushing the boundary even after it was already so complex.

[@Justin_Black]

This is positively astounding. Like... woahhhh

[@WoolyCow]

next up: making blender in blender

[@memeabledata]

I love your channel!

[@yaksher]

Wow, this is amazing. One thing that could be nice to see is a little more details on what you're doing. The videos are extremely speedy to the point of it being a little hard to follow what's actually going on and it seems interesting to see some of the stuff behind the scenes.

[@Rutheditz]

If you could render a hour long timelapse of the island I would love to watch it all day on a loop. I loved it so much.

[@sirrandalot]

That would take a while (and a lot of space lol) but I did do one that lasts a few minutes! Check it out on my channel if you haven't seen it ☺️

[@p1nstark]

You are by far the most creative blender content creator out in yt :)

[@joshiifive]

This is incredible. 😮 Now I wonder if it's possible to make something playable. By for example using a object location as a driver to drive some values of the nodes.. Hope to see something like that from you.

[@geoffharveymusic]

Thanks for using my music...... definitely suits simulation nodes 😅

[@sirrandalot]

Well thank you for making such well suited music!

[@svennyhenny]

2:21 I died laughing at "procedural" programming LOL

[@MyDude199]

Alife is hard but you went down the most insane road to make it happen

[@MetalAnimeGames]

You sir, are a legend! Your videos are amazing! Just Subscribed!

[@AshenCrowler]

You're dedication astounds me and makes me eager to watch what else you'll be posting! Thank you for a relaxing, relatable video!

[@_casg]

thank you for your sacrefice my mans, u doing gods work

[@nairuna7436]

this is insane

[@notapplicable7292]

You make really exceptional videos!

[@GambrixPL]

I must say I've just found your channel and you're sick man and I'm scared of you. Simply mindblowing stuff. Now, I go back to my simple cube :D

[@PolycultureArt]

You sir are insane.. that was awesome! Thanks for expanding my horizons with what’s possible in blender :)

[@nickframe710]

Damn! with your level of knowledge you should make tutorials , unbelievable work every time I open to geometry node I become crazy , I dare not even touch the simulation

[@Valgusart]

I'm at a loss for words. Bravo!

[@WW_Studios]

Wow dude! Love these videos!

[@Anyreck]

Congratulations, your perseverance and brainpower is extremely impressive. I've dreamed of doing this in Blender but failed. I wonder how efficient the GN simulations approach is versus another method? I.E how much more complex in food-chain layers and life forms / episodic events could be included?

[@Strykenine]

Really nice to see you're taking care of yourself. Keep it up.

[@dr.pixels]

for videos like this one, is that i never will totally get to understand blender, man you are pure genius!

[@OAM1]

ffs mate, what a waste of life… but What a splendid joy it is to watch the vid and see the result 🤩 Kudos 👏🏽

[@leigero]

I nav'd away, then came back to give you the thumbs up, you deserve it.

[@StefKomGeekru]

This was amazing and ridiculous. Ridiculous amount of effort over such an amazing idea. Thank you very much, this was the best thing I saw today.

[@TheLetsgodzn]

Great content, good editing, super nerd topic, and a lot of habilites that you have. Man, keep going and you will end up with a lot o people watching your channel, even if they don`t like the subject. you have the power.

[@Korean_Million_Youtuber]

This video was an eye-opening for me. Absolutely flabbergasted. Thanks a lot!!

[@blendercomp]

This was hilarious! :) I feel your pain, been there done that....

[@sander-wit]

You're insane. In just the right way. Awesome work and brilliantly edited video.

[@ErikBod]

what about blender INSIDE OF BLENDER

[@Weeks_channel]

Very underrated, amazing content!

[@bloganc]

I just heard about blender a month ago, and started tutorials, this is just insane. Incredible complex work.

[@menteirradiante1307]

muito bom, uma das coisas mais legais que vi no blender, parabéns pelo seu trabalho.

[@Plavo1]

Far too underrated for such a crazy high quality. Keep up the amazing work!

[@davlaf]

You make the best blender content out there keep it up

[@fabian_noriega]

My mind stages every time i saw the nodes and groups through the video and the partial results and then the nodes again: 1. Bro, what the fuck? 2. Awesome job!!!!! 3. Bro, what the fuck?

[@blaezing6596]

holy shit the amount of effort you put into this video is insane, hope you grow to 1 mil very soon :D

[@xToTaLBoReDoMx]

I love jonways jame of jife, play it all the time

[@aifilmschool]

You my friend are a Genius!

[@lel7531]

Amazing video, keep it up

[@toastyPredicament]

That was the most beautiful thang

[@WinterGibbs]

this is insane. well done.

[@AlnisSmidchens]

Great video, I both learned a bunch and it was really entertaining. Thanks for adding the music tracks to the description too, groovy stuff 😎

[@slambingo_]

This feels like so complicated and time consuming and I'm still learning in school about what poets achieved 50 years ago by writing 16 lines of words. I should be learning about this god like human who created thiis.

[@actuallydaneel]

absolutely sick

[@CGDive]

Holly ... I am at a loss for words. I knew I didn't understand much of Geometry Nodes. Now I KNOW I don't know squat.

[@ABlackbirdCalledSue]

Incredibly well done! Makes my head spin a bit...how on earth you keep track of everything. I'm guessing for things like this, a "VEX"- like expression node would come in very handy.

[@JordanAnimations3D]

This is really cool

[@antonioazzolino8827]

this is beautiful

[@CalvinBacon]

Absolute mad lad!

[@lebasson]

I hadn't seen that "one does not simply" meme in too long

[@TheVizualkat]

This channel is pure gold.

[@hikaru_e]

This is truly amazing !!!

[@ChipboardDev]

you're insane..ly talented.

[@VanillaSpooks]

That was absolutely fantastic

[@ambientstudio9867]

very cool I like the idea

[@Xraller]

Very cool!!!

[@JakeDownsWuzHere]

this is my kind of crazy stupid. nice work!

[@blubberkumpel6740]

good stuff

[@RetrovexAmbient]

how tf does this only have 4k views, bruh, this is insane!!!!

[@billy4301]

Pretty cool

[@atomictraveller]

i used to build some pretty extensive stuff in SynthEdit (modular environment). managed to figure out the opengl stuff without glm or blender or unity, so i can do this stuff in C instead of p.i.t.a. :)

[@Shortydesbwa]

You funny ! Awesome work !

[@sajjadabouei6721]

I loved it 🎉🎉🎉

[@rowill2968]

Your stuff is really cool. Please keep creating cool stuff but maybe go for a walk outside in a real park every now and then😊

[@kirankumark7679]

That's fucking awesome.

[@mostafazmos6114]

Keep it up you are in fire

[@GaryParris]

well done :O)

[@ScientObject40]

I think you underplayed the importance of the sample index node.

[@MadComputerScientist]

They need sound effects for when they eat! Fallen trees that would sink and despawn would be cool too.