Animalcules

Animalcules is a evolution simulator where you can watch diverse digital creatures grow and evolve.

Each organism is a single cell that can do different things depending on its genome, exchanging 'chems' with the environment, producing energy and reproducing are some of the most important of these functions. Mutations over generations allow for changes over time.

Controls:

s/l: save/load

o: organism view: shows the animalcules, different colors mean a different chemical composition, with the outside ring representing its heritage.

c: chem view: shows the chemical environment that the organisms live in.

i:  info view: centers on a cell and displays the surrounding environment

d: DNA view: shows the genomes of all the organisms. Use this to see differences between different lineages

g: genes view: shows the genes that the population has, and therefor the organelles it has. Use this to see what strategies are working. Important gene colors: Red is the mitoser gene which lets the organism reproduce; Blue pull chemicals into the cell, or dumps them out, green allows photosynthesis, and yellow allows cellular respiration for energy.

h: history view: show the relations between species. New species always appear to the left of their parent, so you can see boxy clades of organisms all descended from one common ancestor. Currently, it only shows extant species, and how they're related.