Using Video Games to Simulate Evolution
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День томуDiscover the incredible (and hilarious) ways that video games can simulate evolution. From Conway’s ‘Game of Life’ to Evolution by Keiwan, we’ll look at how games and other simulations can reproduce natural selection.
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- Games and Simulations Featured -
Conway’s Game of Life:
Game - golly.sourceforge.net/webapp/...
Info - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway'...
Life Engine:
Game - thelifeengine.net/
Channel - / @emergentgarden
The Bibites:
Game - leocaussan.itch.io/the-bibites
Channel - / @thebibitesdigitallife
Cute Mold:
Game - erytau.itch.io/cute-mold
Creator - itch.io/profile/erytau
Clusters:
Game - www.ventrella.com/Clusters/
Creator - www.ventrella.com/
Lenia:
Channel - / @bertchan9774
Info - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenia
Evolution by Keiwan:
Game - keiwan.itch.io/evolution
Creator - keiwan.itch.io/
Evol Pedal:
2D Game - evolgames.itch.io/evolpedal
3D Game - evolgames.itch.io/evolpedal-3d
Creator - evolgames.itch.io/
Swimming Soft-Bodied Creatures:
Video - • Evolving Swimming Soft...
Paper - www.researchgate.net/publicat...
Evolving Soft-Bodied Animats:
Video - • Harnessing evolutionar...
Paper - direct.mit.edu/isal/proceedin...
Flexible Muscle-Based Locomotion for Bipedal Creatures:
Video - • Flexible Muscle-Based ...
Paper - www.goatstream.com/research/p...
Accelerated Policy Learning with Parallel Differentiable Simulation:
Video - short-horizon-actor-critic.gi...
Paper - openreview.net/forum?id=ZSKRQ...
Spore:
Game - store.steampowered.com/app/17...
Info - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spore_(...)
Adapt:
Game - store.steampowered.com/app/88...
Creator - itch.io/profile/paul-herve
The Sapling:
Game - store.steampowered.com/app/99...
Channel - / @thesapling
Thrive:
Game - store.steampowered.com/app/17...
Homepage - revolutionarygamesstudio.com/
OpenWorm:
Game - openworm.org/
Channel - / @openwormorg
Thumbnail by: / hotcyder
This video is about evolution. Not the biological evolution you’re familiar with, where living organisms adapt to their environment. No, this is about virtual evolution. About discovering the extent to which video games, neural networks, and machine learning can shatter the natural order and let us experiment with the building blocks of life itself. …And the extent to which they can make us laugh.
The ambitious dream of using computers to simulate life dates back to Conway’s Game of Life, and you might be amazed at just how far the technology has come with games like Spore, Thrive, and Adapt.
So, for this entry into the archive, we’ll take natural selection into our own hands, and see how far we can push this concept before things get out of control...
0:00 Simulating Evolution
1:00 Dawn of Life
3:59 Cellular Models
6:09 Stepping onto Land
8:45 Machine Learning
11:12 The Dream of Spore
13:25 Biosphere Simulation
15:15 The Ultimate Game?
17:35 Unlimited Power
19:28 What Comes Next…
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@cadenlikespigs Рік тому
Imagine being in class and your teacher says, “Alright guys, today we are going to learn about evolution. Pull out your gaming setups.”
@user-sk5fe1yp8c Рік тому
“Good thing I have my high-end gaming computer so I can simulate a LOT”
@TopatTom Рік тому
Hah that would make school better
@thederpypikachu9873 Рік тому
Finally those backpacks that were basically suitcases that some kids randomly had will be able to be used without wasting space
@jj_the_ent Рік тому
“alright kids, we’re on the evolution module- but first rate my setup.”
@theprimitivebushman8515 Рік тому
If I was a teacher I would problem do that for space physics/ evolution module.
@ackleackenkaker8508 Рік тому
10:37 “Sometimes they succeed in tripping the AI up.” Throws a 1/2 ton crate at it, proclaims victory.
@molybdaen11 Рік тому
Everyone is a gangsta until the AI evades the blocks...
@twelved4983 Рік тому
@@molybdaen11 we’re training AI to escape their Matrix
@sentienttoaster6961 Рік тому
the scientists aftera huge ad box predictably kills the lifeform:
@pipebombmailer Рік тому
me n the boys killing the boomer
@jomsolsen9888 Рік тому
Hey don’t knock it till you try it I can say that large boxes are very useful at stoping people from escaping my basement
@purplehaze2358 Рік тому
EvoSims are just.. so mesmerizing to watch. Seeing an entire virtual ecosystem come to life and evolve before your very eyes, in real time, is unspeakably satisfying.
@123TeeMee Рік тому
It is amazing, but it’s also cool to see a creature and know that it has meaning and came about naturally. Makes it seem much more real than just an artwork.
@sips3812 Рік тому
I can imagine curious archive reading this
@koyonafri Рік тому
dude i've seen you everywhere
@dr.ivorobotnik1 Рік тому
And then killing them all, accept some few lucky ones
@5XOCYD Рік тому
I have seen you on terraria and JoJo vids my gosh
@superspider64 Рік тому
Another thing I want to mention about Thrive is that they've only just recently started taking tentative steps towards multicellular gameplay, it's fascinating to see this game that realistically should've only existed in the dreams of gamers slowly but surely coming to fruition
@123TeeMee Рік тому
Thrive is a bit lacking on the design side of things
@25439 Рік тому
Its pretty much spore 2
@Flobbled Рік тому
Slowly but surely should be its tagline. It had a decade of development and imho will take atleast another one, but due its open source nature and captivating ambitious goal it will probably never be abandoned. It will be made.
@person4579 Рік тому
@@25439 Or spore 3 since elysian eclipse is inbetween and is intentionally meant to be basically a copy of spore but alot better
@aedenwright1994 Рік тому
Unlike Star Citizen
@YoungGandalf2325 Рік тому
I knew it. Playing video games is the key to ensuring the future success of humanity.
@accidiaet Рік тому
Maybe not for *your future success tho
@laurenpinschannels Рік тому
yeah some games are in fact very good training. but you need to work on stuff that actually will teach you real life dynamics efficiently. Eco is good, I hear.
@lordbuss Рік тому
Depends on the game. There are directly science-advancing games, like Foldit.
@Pauly421 11 місяців тому
I choose to believe this too
@Chitose_ 5 місяців тому
3:59 *THE BIBITES!!!!!!!*
@astick5249 Рік тому
I would have never expected him to cover evolution simulators but it makes so much sense that he did
@ThrottleKitty Рік тому
I literally bought a gaming PC to play spore... I remember the strange feeling playing it, of being both profoundly disappointed given what I'd expected, yet still very much in love with the cute silly little game it was. To this day nothing has ever lived up to what I thought that game would be.
@Blanch590 Рік тому
I would love a modern remake of the game but something tells me that won’t happen.
@anastaswinn4630 10 місяців тому
@@Blanch590 Did you forget about Thrive or Elysian Eclipse?
@maiszerc2434 Рік тому
Imagine your simulated lifeform evolved so much that it realized it lives in a simulation
@person4579 Рік тому
Imagine we evolve so much that we realise we're in a simulation
@ragg232 Рік тому
Imagine the computing power needed for that.
@pipebombmailer Рік тому
@@ragg232 shhhhhhut mouth
@blissful4992 Рік тому
Even though it’s not possible, that’s pretty scary 😂
@pugofwarbr Рік тому
@@person4579 then you realize..there was never a spoon
@coziosity Рік тому
11:12 - Spore! I remember it being 2008 (when iPhones were totally new) and yeah, the hype behind Spore was insane. I couldn't afford it so a friend gave me a pirated copy on a disc and I loved it but it definitely wasn't what I was expecting 😅
@lifeiscats1337 Рік тому
Ummm…. It was never a mobile game? It’s always been a pc game, what are you talking about? Edit: I get he was talking about a disk now lmao thanks
@negativefg7922 Рік тому
@@lifeiscats1337 he's talking about discs. Im sure by saying iPhones were new he's just comparing the time and a popular thing back then
@EirPlen Рік тому
@@lifeiscats1337.
@CallumsArmy Рік тому
@@lifeiscats1337 someone's slow
@lifeiscats1337 Рік тому
@@negativefg7922 OOHHHH THXX
@AstroSamDev Рік тому
As a programmer, I have absolutely loved creating life simulations, along with neural networks. The ability to watch an ecosystem or species evolve, live, move, and learn, is absolutely wonderful. It's like watching millions of years of evolution go by in a few minutes or hours. It also shows parallels, with how even us people and the plants/animals around us are all just made of basic molecules, which just react to the things around them and move, which makes us able to do things. Wonderful video, I love every one, keep up the great work CA! 👍
@Tapecutter59 Рік тому
gDitto, I got into computers in the early 80's after reading about Conways game of life in a magazine. I got sick of doing it on graph paper and when a friend was trying to sell his apple 11, I bought it and taught myself to program. I later studied computing at uni and have been a degree qualified SE for 30+ years.
@venetiaastrop280 8 місяців тому
@AstroSamDev yes yes absolutely this, it's insane and fascinating in such a profound way, realising just how easily we can simulate life now all the learning possibilities that presents
@mechanwhal6590 Рік тому
It’s evolvin’ time.
@TopatTom Рік тому
Yeah
@VirtuaVirtue Рік тому
Yeah
@lvl1crook161 Рік тому
Yeah
@darkmoonthedirewolf9231 Рік тому
Yeah
@firegator6853 Рік тому
Yeah
@silkmoth7951 Рік тому
Just like you said in the ending, the future of this genre looks VERY big I would go as far as to say that this kinda of game/experiment is what will really blend the line of "What is Life", like, not only intelligence and sentience, but all kinda of lifes in general
@pengil3 Рік тому
To me I’ve always wanted another more cartoony evolution sim like spore. I understand what games like Thrive are going for, it’s just that spore is fun, and it has charm.
@parmenterlore Рік тому
I highly suggest checking out Elysian Eclipse. It's another in-development evolution sim, but it's aiming for that cartoony style and has 7 total life stages: Cell, Aquatic, Creature, Tribal, Medieval, Industrial, and Space. It's been in development since last year, but there's already a public cell creator demo and a patreon-exclusive live cell stage demo. There's more stages then Spore planned, but the developer has proven that they work very hard and have enough time/resources to meet the hard goals they set on their website every month. I'm very excited for its full release. The developer estimated last July that it would take about 1 year per stage to complete, so maybe it'll be released in 2029?
@pengil3 Рік тому
@@parmenterlore I know about EE. For now though, we don’t have access to it.
@Blanch590 Рік тому
@@parmenterlore I’ve never heard of it but thanks for sharing. Sounds like a lot of fun. Something that spore always felt like it was missing was a little complexity. It is still very charming and goofy and overall good fun but for me it’s just a little too simple.
@droopsmoop Рік тому
the soft bodied creatures at around 9:14 kinda looks like the in silico models they used in the making of the Xenobots, even with the contracting (heart muscle)/passive (epidermal) cells and the generally cube-y form. I wonder if the two projects are actually linked
@tanelialahuhta5841 Рік тому
it also kind of looks like among us
@person4579 Рік тому
@@tanelialahuhta5841 among us
@efegokselkisioglu8218 Рік тому
@@tanelialahuhta5841 amogus
@efegokselkisioglu8218 Рік тому
@@tanelialahuhta5841 fussy sussy baka
@dracodracarys2339 Рік тому
if you're reviewing more spec evo stuff how about Tribbetherium's "Hamster's Paradise"? It's like Serina but with hamsters instead of canaries and we get stuff like lizard-like hamsters that fly with wings made of modified hair, or giant hamster mammoths called hammoths, and there's also a warmongering intelligent race of Skaven-like hamsters called Harmsters. it's some crazy stuff and a fun read
@tinobemellow Рік тому
Whoever wrote that must have really liked hamsters.
@mr.random2877 Рік тому
I actually enjoy Hamster's paradise and have been trying to do little fan art.
@blueblaze27 Рік тому
massively underrated series
@mr.random2877 Рік тому
@@blueblaze27 Indeed it is on par with Serina in my opinion. Have you read over the Harmsters?
@blueblaze27 Рік тому
@@mr.random2877 yes, it's a pretty good take on the sapient animals trope, i like how they aren't portrayed as benevolent like so many other spec evo projects do with their races/species
@kayrose3384 Рік тому
10:16 Gen 80 is vibin
@Dojoge69 Рік тому
evolution is so simple yet so complex at the same time
@agimasoschandir 11 місяців тому
(fill in blank) is so simple yet so complex at the same time evolution is so easy to understand yet...
@sifouad6945 5 місяців тому
And someone is running the simulation and making the rules and programing things and yet it's so complex This only means that the theory of evolution without God is false Someone created and desgined this universe and that's God
@akaishuichi217 2 місяці тому
exactly, wish they realize and analyze@@sifouad6945
@kaantax8666 7 днів тому
@@sifouad6945 lmao no, the laws of physics are what makes evolution happen. it's the second law of thermodynamic that makes life possible.
@Numbskulli Рік тому
Never been this early!!! Just wanted to say love your content, you’re the channel that first got me into speculative biology and I could never thank you enough.
@atmaanu4825 Рік тому
9:29 i know i'm not the only one who thinks that this look cute.
@memerdemerhighondrugs1 Рік тому
i just played conway's game of life and immediately made a smiley face using cells reacting to each other 💀💀💀💀
@lunarsoul1737 Рік тому
I remember watching a video by Wessel Stoop once (maker of The Sapling) and he said that one of the main reasons he made the game is because, while he liked Spore, it was a let-down, so he wanted to make a game that was more like what he wanted Spore to be.
@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8 Рік тому
He made this because spore was anything but a simulation game
@espinas5981 Рік тому
Now this, this is fascinating as hell! (This is nothing against the darker, more post-apocalyptic videos, but I mostly come to this channel for much more "natural" type content)
@hilmandapewaukongo4225 Рік тому
I hate how underrated you are You can make something as simple as games and turn it into such a philosophical discussion
@molybdaen11 Рік тому
Welcome to the game theory.
@commandereclipse5373 Рік тому
Evolution games/Evolution Sims are such a beautiful niche genre that I adore following. Maybe it's the dream of crafting your own lineage of lifeforms that behave and interact like real creatures. Maybe it's being able to bring about complex interactions natural from basic rules. Maybe it's just a god complex. But damn oh damn, I just love playing around with them! Also, I'm so happy you brought up Thrive. It's got its head in the clouds for sure, but development's really picked up in the last year or so. Hell, they're even tweaking around multicellular prototypes! Even if we never see all the stages, I love watching them chip away at the problem, little by little.
@e-genes2727 Рік тому
I been developing a free one
@marcolorenti9637 7 місяців тому
"Are you saying we descended from a videogame?" - Kent Hovind.
@Cyaner Рік тому
Honestly, as much as I love this category of games and that its begun to get more traction, there's still a certain charm to a more light-hearted and less brain-required game like Spore as opposed to some of these games coming out. I think it'd be nice to, in addition to games that are more sciency, also see games that are less learning based and more fun based crop up in this genre as well, much in a similar way of spore.
@VoyagerEugen Рік тому
Evolution didn't spare you
@modernmajorgeneral4669 Рік тому
I am so glad you have made this video. I have for a long time had an interest in evolutionary simulation games, and have actually played quite a few of the games mentioned, but there is a lack of videos on this subject. You have filled that lack well. Thank you.
@mvw9078 Рік тому
Great video, CA! I think Evosims are fascinating to me personally because of the poetry of it. It's a complex multicellular lifeform (us) trying to understand and recreate the exact mechanisms of its genesis. So fascinated are we by our own seemingly random existence that we tirelessly create complex equations, simulations, and so on in an attempt to understand it. With the lack of other sapient life (that we can recognize as such), it almost seems that evosims, especially combined with learning AI, are an interesting attempt by a sapient creature to create something it can recognize as itself, or like itself. To create a friend we can talk to. Maybe - truthfully - we're just lonely as a species. Maybe we're like a lonesome child, dreaming up imaginary friends... except one day they might not be so imaginary.
@ragg232 Рік тому
This gives me an idea for a story
@mvw9078 Рік тому
@@ragg232 I'm a writer myself, so it's all I think about. Good luck with it!
@wither5673 Рік тому
that first game LIFE is literally the perfect embodiment of, like you said ''how effective simple rules can be at creating emergent behavior. it show's how life just...happens because some chemicals happened to be mixed around just right in the right environment and then BAM!!! the run away chain reaction that is life.
@sarmadali7191 Рік тому
I was so happy when you mentioned The Bibites, I have been following it's development for a few months now and it's just such an amazing sandbox-esque game.
@historyofbrazil Рік тому
Hiii, i have a game play to you 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 ukposts.info/have/v-deo/aJ6AhqOFZ3ugy58.html
@Kevinwelch2001 8 місяців тому
Glad this video is here. I’ve been searching and have found many of these games over the last two years so it’s great to see a lot more and other people interested in these games.
@micahvance8382 Рік тому
OMG! I love all your videos, and this one really takes the cake. One of my favorite creators of content to look forward to. So interesting to learn about all these different simulators 😮💯
@person4579 Рік тому
Seeing a new upload from this channel is a blessing from go- i mean science because im an atheist
@komreedjr1132 Рік тому
Shut up
@person4579 Рік тому
@@komreedjr1132 Why
@komreedjr1132 Рік тому
@@person4579 how dare you be atheist. God obviously created earth. Who else did?
@DaniTheCatgirl Рік тому
i just wanna say i found your channel like 3 days ago and ive already watched almost all your videos. Your work is amazing and its one of the most interesting styles of content ive seen
@123TeeMee Рік тому
Alien-project and space simulation toolkit are the coolest ones I’ve seen lately, although the creature evolution elements of them aren’t emphasised or very well visualised. Cell lab is my favourite of all time but it only works on android which is probably why it never took off, despite achieving amazing multicellularity mechanics.
@123TeeMee Рік тому
On the ethics of things, it partly comes down to complexity, consciousness and chaos. If there is some great absorbtion of data and continuous operation to process it, in complex interconnected ways, that might be ethically significant, so you wouldn’t want to make disruptive changes to such things that they werent prepared for, and that can only be a question for humanity’s biggest AIs, not the tiny neural networks that accompany these virtual creatures. However, the general principles of not causing harm to life are important to hold, so in some ways, you should treat virtual creatures as if they were real.
@anastaswinn4630 11 місяців тому
@@123TeeMee i have tried so incredibly hard to get evolution to work in cell lab. I always have to start with a swimmer with three cells, because anything smaller usually doesnt see mutations.
@TopatTom Рік тому
I can tell this took a lot of time
@YoungHenBeats Рік тому
Thank you so much for making these videos. Biology and evolution have always been so fascinating to me.
@Joshua-nn9le 5 місяців тому
What's fascinating about the mythology of evolution? Evolution is pure myth with no evidence whatsoever, where Is that evidence AKA transitional forms, where are the transitional forms anyways? Can you name and provide evidence of them? The earth should be cover with all sorts of transitional forms.
@YoungHenBeats 5 місяців тому
You've clearly missed out on an education, but I'll try my best. Every organism is a so-called "transitional form". All life forms are constantly evolving to their highest potential for survival. We know this because of genetic variation. All life forms pass down their DNA to offspring with some variations which can alter a single living thing's chances of then passing down its own genes.
@williekopenski8471 Рік тому
Glad you devoted an entire chapter to my favorite game, Spore.
@njdinostar Рік тому
I am so happy to have found this channel! Thank you for exploring and summarizing and sharing! References are great!
@mistyminnie5922 Рік тому
AMAZING video. Really extensive, exploring and showing different simulations with the why and how. Games linked in the description, awesome. Just a really complete video.
@ruriva4931 Рік тому
I’m not a big gamer but I love myself some biology/ecology. I was just thinking about rain world and now this, loving this channel!
@Sleeper____1472 Рік тому
As you mentioned at the end, there is also species. This game is very brutal, literally seeing creatures turning to piles of meat infrint of your eyes. The game doesn't really have many limits, allowing for really weird things.
@florix7889 Рік тому
One of your best vidéos. It brought nostalgia, curiosity, awe, and dépression at the end X) Good job love your channel, kiss
@Blanch590 Рік тому
It never fails to amaze me how humanity has advanced to the point that we are basically creating whole artificial universes by simply using math and programming. Life simulators will always have a soft spot in my heart. It’s always such an interesting and cool experience to watch these “organisms” evolve, prosper, reproduce, and eventually die. Really makes me appreciate the real world and the laws that created it a whole lot more by actually seeing it in action, even if it is just a game.
@balazssimon5738 7 місяців тому
Here me out: non-euclidian spore.
@tiedeman39 23 дні тому
Spore already has non-euclidean geometry
@Zedryx69 Рік тому
This is one of my favorite game genres. Being able to evolve your own creature, or watch as they evolve on their own... It's VERY interesting.
@Green-bucket 7 місяців тому
This video was amazing thank you for teaching me about this genre
@user-cw8gn9rp9i Рік тому
I just love your videos, I started watching you recently but I already really like your videos. I used to love speculative biology, but your channel has become a real Klondike for me, my ideas and dreams. By the way, I am Russian and I watch your videos with subtitles, it’s a pity that there are almost no well-known Russian UKpostsrs who talk about speculative biology in such detail and interestingly.
@gloryarrowthescaredhamster Рік тому
Another one like adapt and spore is called Elysian Eclipse. I think you should feature that one too.
@EmergentGarden Рік тому
worst one is 2:32 great vid, thanks for the shout out! :D
@alejolab Рік тому
Agree! A purple flower would be enough to destroy those simple organisms.
@kitkags Рік тому
Hey, I'm loving all of your videos. I recently discovered the channel and I've been watching them all. I specially like the way you go through Biology in games. This got me thinking on other games you could go through maybe in the future, like the Wasteland of Fallout for example with its wacky biology after a nuclear holocaust.
@christopherwoods5150 Рік тому
I was trying to track down videos to make a playlist, and not having much luck. This is great, and exactly what I had in mind, thank you.
@Shoyro Рік тому
This reminds of this computer that just started making digital lifeforms without warning one day. It has done all sorts of things like change the "biome" and altered the physics, and the lifeforms have to adapt or go extinct. This is something that should be looked into more.
@catowisdom1922 Рік тому
any source on this?
@EverettHaran Рік тому
@@catowisdom1922 "I made it the fuck up" - Shoyro
@Hoogalindo Рік тому
Sounds like bs.
@Pauly421 11 місяців тому
Yeah nah.
@BallisticDamages Рік тому
I can't wait to try these, always loved spore but was certainly eager for a bit more depth and realism 😆
@nichtmal5208 Рік тому
I'm trying to simulate a really basic ecosystem with types of boids and evolution rn and I really love how from a few simple rules such beautiful behavior can emerge. Great video and I hope it gets more people into this mind-blowing topic
@Varler_ Рік тому
That was a really well-made video, thanks for introducing so many neat programs to us!
@cdemr Рік тому
I really liked this video. Thanks for your work. Made me think of xenobots, a bunch of cells reprogrammed into a lifeform but in real life. Or like these artificial cells they made recently.
@7andahalf Рік тому
Every time I see a video like this, it makes me want to play Spore again. Even though I love that game with all my heart, it always did feel like something was missing. Guess I'll have to spend some time in Adapt and The Sapling now lol I hope Thrive is still being worked on and doesn't end up in game development limbo. It sounds like my (and many others) dream game
@evangelineaudet7242 3 місяці тому
This is the funniest video i think you have made lol. Just the chaotic music at the beginning and the humor throughout the video.
@DextersStuff 7 місяців тому
I love your vids so much pls keep it up!
@CalvinBloopers Рік тому
I’ve been following the Bibbits
@12isaac00 Рік тому
10:37 They threw a whole man sized box towards that dude, ofc he got caught off guard. Justice for boxdude.
@flechedesneiges5114 Рік тому
I'm so glad you talk about The Sapling, it deserves much more attention !
@juke_b0xx Рік тому
digging this new editing style!
@Mapper8703 5 місяців тому
7:34 Just imagine this running at you though
@elizabetho.7484 Рік тому
Oh wow--LOVE this!
@labonnelambda58 Рік тому
Awesome ! I've watch a number of videos about simulating evolution. None was covering everything, and I got some new game/simulator names.
@JayKay-xz6qg Рік тому
An absolutely incredible video! thank you so much for this :)
@smile-- Рік тому
I would honestly watch a full length documentary about this.
@teacupanimates Рік тому
i love this channel, it feeds my curious brain
@jujuoof174 Рік тому
Your videos touch so interesting subjects and are so intertaining and calming I love them
@crappyanimations9992 Рік тому
I loved this video so much. Thank you for showing me these games, as I just happened to be looking for games like these.
@JONEPUNK Рік тому
This reminded me of the The TechnocCore from sci-fi series "The Hyperion Cantos". It's a sentient AI kind that that exists on its own realm and wich evolved from an evolution simulator just like the first ones you showed us.
@zackarieneifert7014 Рік тому
On one hand, I am so sad that this video hasn't introduced me to any new games. on the other, I am so happy that so many games I have interest in are getting attention
@Nurpus Рік тому
Incredible video! So many things out there to play with
@suicune2001 8 місяців тому
It would be so cool to have a 3D model that trains itself on how to walk, jump, etc.
@Wnick1996 Рік тому
I remember seeing the first spore prototype back in the mid to late 2000s. Seeing it and comparing it to the game we got, I feel that it looked better then the final release. Still enjoyed it but I would love to play that prototype. Adapt looks like the Spore game that we should have gotten.
@khlorghaal Рік тому
i remember one of my childhood dreams was to create artificial life from nothing; it was surprisingly, almost disappointingly, easy
@Khal_Rheg0 9 місяців тому
Great video! Thanks you!
@TheWobolo Рік тому
this video is absolutely fascinating! thank you
@Gameknight2169 Рік тому
10:40 "While sometimes they'd succeed in catching the AI off guard" Bruh you'd fall too if a boulder twice your size was yeeted at you
@Jasper_Silva Рік тому
About the games inspired by Spore. I personally LOVE this trend of people who grew up playing imperfect games by big companies and go on to develop high quality indie titles that end up surpassing or building on those games, you see a lot of those coming from fans of Maxis (now EA) games like Spore itself, Sims and Sim City. In a way I guess that's a kind of evolution too.
@dimetrodon2250 Рік тому
Big corporations tend to "play it safe" and try to appeal to a wide audience, plus a bigger team can lead to a "too many cooks" situation. Since the biggest motivator is profit, big studios will try to cut costs more often. Meanwhile smaller studios and devs are usually more passion driven (there are definitely exceptions to this, plenty of people are out to make a quick buck). People working on passion projects have the goal of making the best possible version of the idea inside their heads. This shift in goal from profit to product can have drastic affects on the final product's quality. However,successful profit-driven studios tend to amass more resources since they are larger, so its not always easy to make direct comparisons.
@iLikeDucks_ Рік тому
Ive been watching the bibites for a while seeing it here made me so happy :)
@THE_ONLY_REAL_WAFFLE Рік тому
Great that you're also looking at life simulators!!!
@gaborholotajr.4427 Рік тому
You could make a documentary-style video about the "Zone"'s biology from STALKER (Anomaly, but the others could do as well, they are all quite similar). From what I understand, the games do have an ecosystem of sorts that is not centered around the player.
@khlorghaal Рік тому
im unfamiliar with stalker's technique, but theres an enormous difference between presenting it that way using gamedev facade techniques, versus actually simulating the interactions
@tomsterbg8130 11 місяців тому
This is an amazingly great video! I never looked at Spore as an actual evolution game since there seems to be no like AI or natural selection and just you playing with premade models. However the highlights shown in this video are really good, especially biosphere simulator. As someone who loves pouring hours into editing small stuff like what that game allows, I'm all in for it. That game is just too cheap to not play, a game so complex shouldn't be like 9 dollars.
@thesis-and-nieces6722 Рік тому
A human puts in an algorithm with his presuppositions, and desired outcomes that creates a program to simulate the human desired outcome. Best demonstration i have ever heard. 👍
@wolfytda Рік тому
RAHHHH I LOVE EVOLUTION GAMES
@5two9789 Рік тому
to be honest if we had a small universe we'd probably have a meteor button
@seanmaclean1341 Рік тому
I remember around 2006 or so I used to poke around at another evo sim called Darwin Pond that would simulate generational adaption and mutation, at a rate that you could play with. I certainly think my interest in these were directly tied to my hype for Spore ahaha
@ApocalypticAnarchy01 Рік тому
I adore bibites, i’ve been watching them for a while!
@nicolashansen2546 Рік тому
I want a game that can simulate more than life. I want it to simulate geology, and chemistry as well.
@komreedjr1132 Рік тому
Sounds interesting
@vyhozshu 7 місяців тому
you want dwarf fortress and space station 13
@jonhall467 Рік тому
Lovely
@Sky.Lukewalker Рік тому
This is an awesome way to show what it would be like for evolution to exist. Videogame tech ftw!
@marcogiorgini8566 Рік тому
The quality of this video is extraordinary
@cheetocabra Рік тому
Another game that is building on the outline of Spore is Elysian Eclipse. There are some videos showing off the upgraded customization options, and they are planning cell, aquatic, creature, tribal, medieval, industrial, and space stages.
@tristanmisja Рік тому
But it doesn't have natural selection, does it? Also, like Elysian Eclipse, there's a game called Thrive based off of Spore, but it's 10x more realistic and has actual evolution
@jiraffe9600 Рік тому
@@tristanmisja Elysian esclypse is still going to be great. It will be spore, but better. Also, unlike Thrive it will be completed in the next decade.
@angelmatesmolan Рік тому
Before I die I wish to see real digital life
@meli-melo9759 Рік тому
THE MUSIC FROM YOUR OLD VIDEOS ARE BACK!!!!! I love it.
@knownas2017 Рік тому
An incredible video! Thank you, sir.
@sivanlevi3867 Рік тому
I honestly prefer speculative biology in stories, and while I'm a Spore fan, the idea of artificially creating life outside a computer sounds terrifying. Simply put, I don't trust AIs or life-like robots.
ARM Hov
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