Sodarace
June 22nd, 2005
Sometimes you wander into a community so insular that you’re at a loss to understand what’s going on – such is Sodarace, which seems to be a site where visitors/competitors construct (often immensely complex) automatons online, and race them on a 2 dimensional track. Basic laws of physics seem to exist, albeit in two dimensions, and the result is an amazing array of beautiful “creatures”. Contests are held between human-designed ones and computer-evolved examples – see for yourself who’s in the lead.
Via Serge at Futureproof/ed
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June 22nd, 2005 at 12:00 pm
i’ve played this thing before!! it’s the most pointlessly addicting thing ever.
it reminds me of that program that takes differential equations and quanitfies them into spaces and structures…i’ll look it up.
June 24th, 2005 at 2:56 pm
i see they’ve updated this site since the last time i’ve visited (some yrs / mo? ago).
i only ever dabbled with them, like a kid with some pipe cleaners, but never knew you were supposed to race them. i bet there’s some great math in this.
January 11th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
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