Silliness Fun little sig game - Page 11

GeoffC · 03-04-2009, 06:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekokami

They do, don't they? They're actually a kind of cactus. (Dried, maybe?) The photo comes from Wikipedia.

Hm... ginger root... Yum!

sod it ! (pardon my language) I thought they were carved out of wood in mimikry ....
[note to self - must get out more]

nekokami · 03-04-2009, 10:28 AM

Well... I can't say for sure that they aren't carvings meant to represent the cacti (and I thought much the same when I first saw the picture), but the caption on the image doesn't seem to indicate that.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 03-04-2009, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patricia

They look a bit like two-headed teddy bears: very cute.

Fractal teddybear:

zelda_pinwheel · 03-04-2009, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Fractal teddybear:

brilliant !!!!

nekokami · 03-04-2009, 04:28 PM

That is so excellent.

Thanks!

nekokami · 03-07-2009, 09:36 PM

Still playing around with possible 3D fractals. Another example attached below.

I think some behaviors ought to be possible by implementing some very simple rules, e.g.

If Detect(x) within range(y) then do (z)

where x could be a property of another organism, but would most likely be very simple things at first, like "being eaten," and the simplest form of z would probably be "move away from x". But ultimately there could be reactive rules, like "If detect(being eaten) then do (get(color, thing eating me);createRule(if detect(colorOfThingCurrentlyEatingMe) then do (move away from that thing))

And someday there might be organisms that can enrich soil, and if an organism has encountered one of these and is wandering around and sees another one, it might migrate over to sit next to it.

The most advanced stage would be for the organisms to be able to transmit and receive rules. Kind of like how trees, being munched on by Gypsy Moth caterpillars, send out chemical signals to other trees in the area to start changing their metabolism to not be so tasty to caterpillars.

The thing is to come up with a very simple system of encoding the properties and rules, so that emergent behavior can result, meaning organisms with capabilities I had never anticipated, either due to random breeding, or deliberate efforts on the part of players.

Nate the great · 03-17-2009, 10:47 PM

nekokami · 03-18-2009, 09:47 AM

The server has been more or less unavailable for the past couple of days, making it very difficult for me to check on my eggs and dragons. This isn't helping me to maintain any interest in this game.

But on another note, my brother the hotshot programming professor has become interested in my alternative fractal game... and then some. He's come up with a way that I might be able to use it in my dissertation (and he might be able to get some grant money for writing it). So that could be interesting.

GeoffC · 03-18-2009, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekokami

The server has been more or less unavailable for the past couple of days, making it very difficult for me to check on my eggs and dragons. This isn't helping me to maintain any interest in this game.

But on another note, my brother the hotshot programming professor has become interested in my alternative fractal game... and then some. He's come up with a way that I might be able to use it in my dissertation (and he might be able to get some grant money for writing it). So that could be interesting.

Brilliant ...

Nate the great · 03-18-2009, 12:50 PM

pshrynk · 03-18-2009, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

So, you've got a radioactive egg?

Nate the great · 03-19-2009, 06:07 PM

I've developed a new way to play, if anyone is interested.

It appears that the soft egg and hatchling sickness can only be caught on the first day, so I no longer display an egg/hatchling on that first day. After that it can be displayed all the time without getting sick.

nekokami · 03-19-2009, 07:33 PM

I have to keep from displaying them for two days. But that only seems to help with the egg phase-- once they hatch, the hatchlings get sick within the next day. I guess what I'd have to do is manually edit my sig line to remove the hatchlings after they hatch, then put them back in two days later. Too much work for me. (And I haven't been able to get to the site for a couple of days now, so I'm pretty much giving up on the game anyway.)

Nate the great · 03-27-2009, 09:04 PM

The site is back up. He'd had

nekokami · 03-28-2009, 11:58 AM

Yes? Had what?

03-07-2009, 09:36 PM	#156
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Still playing around with possible 3D fractals. Another example attached below. I think some behaviors ought to be possible by implementing some very simple rules, e.g. If Detect(x) within range(y) then do (z) where x could be a property of another organism, but would most likely be very simple things at first, like "being eaten," and the simplest form of z would probably be "move away from x". But ultimately there could be reactive rules, like "If detect(being eaten) then do (get(color, thing eating me);createRule(if detect(colorOfThingCurrentlyEatingMe) then do (move away from that thing)) And someday there might be organisms that can enrich soil, and if an organism has encountered one of these and is wandering around and sees another one, it might migrate over to sit next to it. The most advanced stage would be for the organisms to be able to transmit and receive rules. Kind of like how trees, being munched on by Gypsy Moth caterpillars, send out chemical signals to other trees in the area to start changing their metabolism to not be so tasty to caterpillars. The thing is to come up with a very simple system of encoding the properties and rules, so that emergent behavior can result, meaning organisms with capabilities I had never anticipated, either due to random breeding, or deliberate efforts on the part of players. Attached Thumbnails $Click image for larger version Name: ovoid_fractal.png Views: 186 Size: 82.4 KB ID: 25229$

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nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	The server has been more or less unavailable for the past couple of days, making it very difficult for me to check on my eggs and dragons. This isn't helping me to maintain any interest in this game. But on another note, my brother the hotshot programming professor has become interested in my alternative fractal game... and then some. He's come up with a way that I might be able to use it in my dissertation (and he might be able to get some grant money for writing it). So that could be interesting.

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nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	I have to keep from displaying them for two days. But that only seems to help with the egg phase-- once they hatch, the hatchlings get sick within the next day. I guess what I'd have to do is manually edit my sig line to remove the hatchlings after they hatch, then put them back in two days later. Too much work for me. (And I haven't been able to get to the site for a couple of days now, so I'm pretty much giving up on the game anyway.)

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