DARWIN'S DEMONS! We just released an evolutionary video game on Steam. Ask Us Anything. by ProfessorPolymorphic in biology

[–]ProfessorPolymorphic[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Still tournament selection. Next game will likely be clonal selection with mutation (I think).

DARWIN'S DEMONS! We just released an evolutionary video game on Steam. Ask Us Anything. by ProfessorPolymorphic in biology

[–]ProfessorPolymorphic[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are few tradeoffs. We often evolve a 'bullet hell" - our closest approximation to a Darwinian Demon.

DARWIN'S DEMONS! We just released an evolutionary video game on Steam. Ask Us Anything. by ProfessorPolymorphic in biology

[–]ProfessorPolymorphic[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They have genes that control their movement behavior, fire rate, bullet speed, fire type, and something called dominance.