ApeSDK
An artificial life software platform, originally called Noble Ape, that has been under continuous development since 1996. It is populated by agents with complex cognitive models and social interactions. These…
The Encyclopedia of Artificial Life
Soft Artificial Life
Artificial Chemistries
Artificial Chemistry is a subfield of Artificial Life that seeks to explore the “emergence, evolution, and behavior of life” via simulations of molecular processes . In this field, researchers study…
Cellular Automata
A cellular automaton (plural: cellular automata) is composed of a grid of cells. Traditionally, cells can be in a finite number of discrete states, although some more modern variations on…
Games
There have been many games or game-like simulations that feature an artificial life perspective: Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution The Sapling Game Orb Farm Open Constructor Sandspiel Club, Programmable app…
Phenotype
In biology, a phenotype is some observable property of an individual that is encoded by its genes (often in combination with its environment). In artificial life, phenotype means roughly the…
Stringmol
Stringmol is a “string-based programming language”, which uses encoded molecules as strings of operation code . It acts as an artificial chemistry system that displays the continuous appearance of chemical…