Nick's Auto-Evo Algorithm (Episode 1)

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@NickTheNick

• 2D-Multicellular : 2D-Multicellular refers to the portion of the Multicellular Stage that is top-down. It mostly uses the mechanics of the Microbe Stage.
• 3D-Multicellular : 3D-Multicellular refers to the portion of the Multicellular Stage that is three-dimensional. It mostly uses the mechanics of the Aware Stage.

I’ve been using the terms “early multicellular” and “late multicellular” to refer to these two parts of the multicellular stage. I’m not sure which I prefer.

Here’s my kinda technical post about how I imagine the auto-evo to be implemented:

New CPA system with auto evo

I feel like the species should attempt to mimic natural selection instead of the energy balance being used to update the population. I guess this system could also do that with the different species emerging when some die out. But I’d prefer a more complex equation for determining the “effectiveness” of some mutation. So merging that with my current understanding of the goals of auto evo it would work something like this: when the player enters the stage (either from the editor or a new game) …

That basically touches on the technical side of things, but lefts completely open what kind of fitness evaluation function we should make. I didn’t have time to properly read this thread yet, but I wanted to post this right now.

Also @tjwhale you should link / post your auto-evo stuff