Shoals

Demonstrations

• [LowLife]
  This is the current prototype of composite, self-reproducing creatures.

• [Marathon]
  The evolution of walking - with various different gaits.

• [Swimathon]
  The evolution of swimming - with various different strokes.

• [LowLife 3D]
  3D version of LowLife.

• [Marathon 3D]
  3D version of Marathon.

• [Swimathon 3D]
  3D version of Swimathon.

• [Dome demonstration]
  Demonstration of creatures loosely confined to a hemisphere.

• [Fluidynamix]
  A description of the technology behind the fluid dynamics in Swimathon.

• [Molecular membranes]
  A simulation of dividing and splitting amphipathic membranes.

• [Crystal Garden]
  A simulation of crystal growth.

• Agents
  This was a prototype of interacting particles in a physical world.

• [Particles] system
  This applet simulates a large number of interacting particles.
  It was the original, basic prototype for the particle-handling engine.

• Simple trail-laying
  The first attempt - shows agents leaving diffusing trails in a cellular automaton.

Fluid Dynamics

Reports

Floatation - a float version of Lowlife, as an experiment

Benchmarks - integer and floating-point benchmarks on x86 and G4

Projecting onto curved surfaces

Coordinate transfomation

Links

Virtual physics links

Lotus Artificial Life

Alife links

Shoals links