Following a suggestion by a friend on Reddit, I am happy to share with you, cellular-automaton fans, my own artificial life system. Salis is mainly a re-take on Tom Ray's Tierra, but with my very own set of tweaks. Having a grasp on Tierra will make understanding this simulation a lot easier.
For those that already know Tierra, the main differences between it and Salis are:
- the replacement of templates with key-lock instruction pairs
- the addition of a SEEKER POINTER to all organisms
I'd be very excited to see some of you tinkering with it, maybe writing your own ancestor organisms and sharing your results. However, I'll admit running Salis might not be so straightforward for non-programmers. Therefore, please, feel free to message me with any questions (about building it, running it, etc.). I'll be more than happy to answer.