TIN TIN (Totally Ignorant Nitwits) is a primitive artificial life engine. This program simulates primitive life-forms, equipped with some basic instincts and abilities, in a 2D environment consisting of cells. By mutation new generations can prove their success, and thus passing on "good family values". The brain of a TIN can be seen as a collection of processes, each representing drives or impulses to behave a certain way, depending on the state/perception of the environment ( e.g. presence of food, walls, neighbours, scent traces) These behaviour process currently are : eating, moving, mating, relaxing, tracing others, gathering food and killing. The process with the highest impulse value takes control, or in other words: the tin will act according to its most urgent need.

Current Version:   2.0 License Type:   GNU GPL

Home Site: http://www.jetlag.demon.nl Source Code Availability:   Yes, from Home Site Available Binary Packages: Debian Package:   No RedHat RPM Package:   No Other Packages:   No Targeted Platforms: Linux/ix86 Software/Hardware Requirements: Uses g2 library for graphics

Other Links: ftp://ftp.coe.uga.edu/users/jae/alife/ (tin.*) Mailing Lists/USENET News Groups: None User Comments: None See A Screen Shot? (Check out the Home Site)

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