Evolution Simulator [The Life Engine]

In this video I introduce the Life Engine, an evolution simulator that you can play at https://thelifeengine.net SIMULATION RULES: The environment is a grid made up of cells. The environment is populated by organisms that are structures of cells, which perform different functions depending on their color: Orange (Mouth) - Eats nearby food (gray blue cells) Green (Producer) - Produces nearby food Blue (Mover) - Allows movement Red (Killer) - Kills nearby organisms Purple (Armor) - Protects from red cells Gray with slit (Eye) - Perceives nearby cells and decides movement The goal of each organism is to eat enough food (gray blue cells) to reproduce. Reproduction can result in mutated offspring, and offspring with more valuable cell structures propagate throughout the environment. For a more in depth understanding of the rules of the simulation, go here: https://github.com/MaxRobinsonTheGreat/EvolutionSimulator/blob/master/V2README.md TIMESTAMPS Explanation: 0:00 - 2:39 Origin of Life: 2:42 Initial bloom: 3:35 Period of the "zigzag" organisms(left) vs "figure 8" organism(right): 15:50 - 31:11 Extinction of the "figure 8": 31:11 Rise of the "spike tailed" organism (right): 33:30 A large bloom and the domination of the spike tail: 43:45 Final extinction of the zigzag (upper left): 45:52 Total extinction: 49:10 MUSIC CREDITS The Acolyte: https://soundcloud.com/user-82623269 FromKlay: https://beatsbyklay.wixsite.com/fromklay Instagram @fromklay The final song is a recording of the mating call of the last Kauaʻi ʻōʻō bird before the species' extinction in 1987. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDRY0CmcYNU Follow me on twitter for updates on the life engine and other projects. https://twitter.com/max_romana