Instructor:
Rand Waltzman
rand@nada.kth.se
Creatures Artificial
Life Homework Assignment
Due Thursday,
November 1, 2007.
The following text is taken
from Creature Labs web site.
“The original Creatures was a gaming and scientific
phenomenon of which the author Douglas Adams famously said, ‘I first saw
this program in the same week that evidence was discovered of life on Mars.
This is more exciting.’
Docking Station
is the exciting multiplayer game from the creators of the Creatures series!
This is no ordinary game. By playing with the Docking Station, you will be
taking part in one of the largest-ever Artificial Life experiments. Not only
will you be breeding your own unique artificial life forms, called Norns, but
you will be able to connect your computer, through the internet, and form a
part of a vast online world through which your Norns can wander at will. Best
of all, it's completely free to download and play!”
Your assignment is to download Docking Station
and experiment with creating your own artificial life forms and worlds. You will also send some of your creatures out
into the Norn universe to explore and seek out exciting new adventures.
I suggest that you start by reading the article What
is Creature Labs' CyberLife? This
will give you a feel for the Creature Labs take on artificial life. After that you should have a look at the Quick-Start
Guide and the DS Manual. Finally,
you might want to check out some of the tutorials and articles on the Creature
Development Network.
You will write a detailed account of your experiences and the results of
your creative efforts. The format of
your report and its exact contents are up to you. The main criterion is that it should give me
a good idea of what you did and your impressions. The report should be 5 to 10 pages. It should be e-mailed to me in either
Microsoft Word .doc or PDF format.
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