niwrad

Android version

• Try directly outdated WebGL version here (WebGL CI is broken yet)
• Or download latest version. (Windows, Linux, Android, Web, iOS, MacOS).

See related writings:

• Blog post part one
• Blog post part two

Features

• [x] Heuristic AI (state machine)
• [x] Artificial selection (partially)
  • [x] Spawn plants / animals by drag & drop
• [x] Parametrable experiences
  • [x] Working UX
• [x] Experience metrics (partially)
  • [x] Big ugly panel in game with number of animals ...
• [x] Optional carnivorous hosts
• [x] Android, Linux, Windows, Web, iOS, MacOS
  • [x] Decent cross platform UX
• [x] Multiplayer (91.121.67.56:30020) + singleplayer
  • [x] Can share experiences
  • [x] Leaderboard (yet naïve: who had the most hosts alive = biggest computer)
• [x] Audio (parametrable)
• [x] Inputs (not parametrable)
  • [x] Cross platform

Dependencies

• Online mode: Nakama
• Online mode: https://github.com/louis030195/octree
• Online mode: deployment (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm)
• Both: Unitask, Protobuf, TextMesh Pro, new unity input system, few free assets

Goals

• Hosts have characteristics. When hosts reproduce sexually or asexually, the offspring characteristics are its parent's plus mutations.
• Hosts behaviour code MUST be generic, so we can either implement simple heuristics like state-machines, behaviour trees, utility or try learning AI like reinforcement learning.
• Observers can trigger artificial selection, the goal is to implement actions that offer the possibility to influence evolution. Currently what came to my mind: any way to protect, harm, heal, feed ... some species

Non-goals

• Simulating nature at the quantum level

Development

See