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(@nixanth)
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A(rtificial)-life games / “videotoys” and similar

I wanted to write down a few a-life “games” for others to check out, and potentially others sharing some too. I did avoid naming evolution or genetics themed videogames even though these inspired a lot of people too. The genres I made here are just provisional and you could change which games go where or make different names. Perhaps someone else knows more or can make another iteration of this, a shared spreadsheet or wiki maybe? Also I possibly made mistakes I didnt play each game and Im not a researcher that knows all those terms. Maybe someone even just wants to talk about a-life here. 

Classic A-Life-Software:
– Conway’s Game of Life
– Tierra
– Polyworld
– Avida
– Framsticks
– Aevol 
– SmoothLife
– Lenia 
– alien (Artificial Life Environment)
– soup of life (soupof.life)
– Gridworld (steam game) 

Cognitive A-Life “Games”:
– Creatures series
– Uagi-Saba series
– Wobbledogs
– Grandroids/Phantasia

Neural Programming:
– Crescent Loom 
– soul interface 

AI Agent Games:
– Galapagos
– Black & White series

Genetic Algorithm Experiments
– SodaRace
– Evolution (itch game)

Evolution Sims:
– SimLife
– Darwin Pond 
– Gene Pool 
– Species ALRE
– Vilmonic 
– More Seeds
– Critterding series
– Creatura 
– Neuraquarium 
– Thrive
– Ecosystem 
– The Sapling 
– The Bibites
– Evosim 
– Planetary Life

Digital Pets:
– El-Fish
– Fin-Fin
– Petz series
– Seaman 

Life Sims:
– Little Computer People
– The Sims

//Edit: theres mistakes but i will make a new version



   
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Wouldn’t put wobbledogs in the same category as this and creatures. Uagi-Saba 1 and 2 are way different games from each other also.



   
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I’ve really enjoyed bibbites personally.  It’s fairly non interactive if you aren’t into the mechanics of the genomes and neutral networks, but it’s still a relaxing aquarium sim to let play out at as screensaver or just leave running on a second monitor while you fiddle around on the computer.



   
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https://alien-project.org/ is a cute multicellular microorganism sim that’s a lil more modern than the classic “swimmer” models. Pretty to look at too.

 

Edit: I see you do have it in the list. still I endorse trying it.


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Yo okay, I made a new iteration. Its better at least but not perfect, but I will potentially update it. It makes use now of Google Sheets: 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YCDxAIZcoik_FKw9NaCiGXBzlHBgQwhoVypulnCg2qo/edit?usp=sharing
Also thanks for the suggestions, Bibites and alien are great projects I think. 



   
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Big fan of soul Interface. Fascinating game.



   
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