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blackbootz  ·  4054 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I have been watching this genetic car algorithm for an hour now.

I think after every race the winning design is the basis for a spawn of new mutations. If the floor is fixed, you'll get closer and closer to getting the best design for that floor.

This is so cool. Also

    I regret clicking this link as I intended to head to bed.

yea, it's 4:46, do I really need to be awake any longer? Now I have to.

edit: I didn't realize you could scroll down the page and read about the controls and genome:

    The genome consists of:

    - Shape: (8 genes, 1 per vertex)

    - Wheel size: (2 genes, 1 per wheel)

    - Wheel position: (2 genes, 1 per wheel)

    - Wheel density: (2 genes, 1 per wheel) darker wheels mean denser wheels

Wheel density! That's wild.





humanodon  ·  4054 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I get that, but does the winning car get copied exactly, or does it also mutate? Do the cars that don't make it far get completely replaced? Also, Battleship was a stupid premise for a movie, but if that got made, do you think that adding a Tron -like element to this would increase its chances of becoming a movie?

blackbootz  ·  4054 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What Tron-like element are you referring to? Because it's already a race of sorts.

I don't know the exact formula, I'm about to leave browser open for an entire day and come back to report.

humanodon  ·  4054 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well, yeah, but Tron had people and the new one had girls . . . and Daft Punk.