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11th April 2009

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I revisited Sumas and Nubas today. Mostly I researched single-celled organisms, though I made some changes to the code as well: New color scheme: blue background (“water”), green nubas (“chloroplasts”), tan sumas. Elements are drawn more realistically: no black borders, and sumas are ellipses instead of squares. When a suma dies, it fades away instead of instantly vanishing. Nubas are 1/4 the size, instead of roughly the same size as the sumas, who eat them. Future goals: Add collision detection, so two sumas cannot occupy the same space. Refine suma locomotion, so they have to swim toward their food instead of starting and stopping on a dime / instantly changing direction. Sumas should asexually reproduce when they’ve eaten enough food, instead of “playing” (spinning in a circle). Allow sumas to ‘team up’ into multicellular organisms.

I revisited Sumas and Nubas today. Mostly I researched single-celled organisms, though I made some changes to the code as well:

  • New color scheme: blue background (“water”), green nubas (“chloroplasts”), tan sumas.
  • Elements are drawn more realistically: no black borders, and sumas are ellipses instead of squares.
  • When a suma dies, it fades away instead of instantly vanishing.
  • Nubas are 1/4 the size, instead of roughly the same size as the sumas, who eat them.

Future goals:

  • Add collision detection, so two sumas cannot occupy the same space.
  • Refine suma locomotion, so they have to swim toward their food instead of starting and stopping on a dime / instantly changing direction.
  • Sumas should asexually reproduce when they’ve eaten enough food, instead of “playing” (spinning in a circle).
  • Allow sumas to ‘team up’ into multicellular organisms.

Tagged: sumas

  1. ohsusquehanna reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    god being would create a universe. Starting basic, refining, adding features until It was satisfied that
  2. dominikhofmann reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Nice work. These sorts of projects are always fun...play around with. One thing you can do...
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    This interests me
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