Can someone help me play FSM?

Bronze Dog

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Bronze Dog
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I've got a fairly powerful desktop back home that's been sitting around doing nothing (haven't had the time and mood to play Civ4, and I don't have any other games for it, yet), and some posts on Good Math, Bad Math and Pharyngula got me to thinking about evolutionary algorithms and the programs that run them. I could leave one of those running and check in on the program every once in a while.

The problem is that I tried a couple, but they didn't have a simple interface. I could probably figure them out if their readmes weren't horribly formatted.

So, anyone know an evolution program that's easy for a not-so-techie person to start up?

Preferences:

I'd like a program that's modelled on the idea of the creatures having to collect food, rather than just being fast: I only want my critters to be fast if it helps them beat their competitors to the food.

Would also like uneven terrain: I'd prefer a world that's more than one big checkerboard.
 
I'm not sure that's really what you're looking for but it might be worth looking into while waiting for Spore ;)

Creatures (artificial life program)WP

I've never played the sequels but the first one was rather entertaining, and (if I remember it correctly) had quite a bit of depth in it's simulation of biology and evolution.
 
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