This is my attempt at making a more sophisticated 'game of life' game, 99% inspired by this blog post.
Random Module
pip install random2
Pygame installation instructions I used
The game is actually a simple simulation meant to display natural selection. 'predators'(red) and 'prey'(blue) have different sight and movement ranges and reproduction frequencies. Since predators must eat, they also have a configurable starvation period.
Every reproduction cycle, the predators and prey generate clones with the possibility of a slight mutation (max mutation is configurable). The idea is that successful predators will consistently eat food and never starve, producing even stronger children, and successful prey will run away from them, also producing better-evading children. In this way, natural selection occurs in the predators and the prey.
Everything you need to configure is in configuration.py.
I've also included some smaller scripts to make it easier to analyze the game. The game outputs
character statistics/data to data_output.txt, which makes it easy to do post-analysis. To graph
predators and prey vs game cycle, run plotter.py - this requires installation of matplotlib.
In the future, I'll also add other scripts to graph the rates of natural selection, which could be fun to look at.