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Virtual Ant Game

Submitted by joycetheriot on Mon, 06/23/2008 - 12:02pm.
The ant program had a short set of directions and eventually established a pattern based on its ability to change its environment. Obstacles were only changed by the ant’s original directions and therefore eliminated. If the obstacle is the only way to introduce a random event then the only result is a time difference for the ant to establish a pattern. Perhaps more chaos would emerge if the ant’s set of directions could be corrupted. I see this as both a game of ecology, pollution and even evolution if the game added that random changes could happen to the set of directions.

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