Project: genesis

🧬 Genesis: Evolution Simulation Ecosystem

Genesis is a sandbox for experimenting with genetic algorithms, biological simulation, and visualization.

This ecosystem includes:

Genetics – the core simulation engine implementing biological cells, energy metabolism, reproduction, and configurable fitness functions.
Gstep – an interactive application for stepping through genome
GeneGL – an OpenGL-based visualization app for real-time viewing of evolving organisms.

🎯 Project Goal

Inspired by a YouTube video I saw once, this project began as an experiment to evolve tree-like organisms using genetic algorithms.
It serves as both a creative and technical sandbox, a place to explore evolutionary behaviors, software design patterns, and modern language features while observing how virtual life might grow, adapt, and compete in a digital environment.

Tree’s first spotted in Simulation 7!

🧠 Fitness Function

The primary fitness function used in BasicV2FitnessFunction is:

\[F = [C>1]\cdot \min\left(\frac{u}{a},\frac{a}{u}\right)\cdot \min\left(1,\max\left(0,\frac{\min(D,A_{\max})-B}{\max(1,A_{\max}-B)}\right)\right)\cdot e^{-\beta\left(\max(0,1-O)+\max(0,O-2)\right)}\cdot \frac{C}{C+k}\]

(from BasicV2FitnessFunction)

🌿 Simulation Snapshots

Below are highlights from various simulation runs, illustrating the progression of ecosystem evolution across different epochs.

Simulation	Description	Preview
Simulation 3: Grass (4× zoom)	Stable grass evolution
Simulation 4: Fitness Analysis (4× zoom)	Comparative fitness growth
Simulation 6: Complex Organism Development	Early multicellular cooperation and differentiation
Simulation 7: Ecosystem Maturation	Evolutionary stability over time