r/Simulated • u/SquidOfDoom • 1d ago

Interactive A browser toy where creatures made of particles hunt, flee and > graze — every species is just 6 numbers

This is built on Particle Lenia, an artificial-life model from Google researchers.

Each particle descends an energy field created by its neighbors, and an entire species is defined by just six parameters.

I added cross-species senses—hunters are attracted to prey fields, prey avoid hunter fields—plus food, walls, and goals. The result is a strange little ecosystem garden.

Nothing is scripted or animated. The layered membranes, the chase behavior, and the way colonies merge and split all emerge from the underlying math.

Play it (free, in-browser, ~70 KB):
https://leonbzt.itch.io/particular

Read about Particle Lenia:
https://google-research.github.io/self-organising-systems/particle-lenia/

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u/Evening-Appeal7606 22h ago

I like the idea and the smooth visuals!

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u/SquidOfDoom 20h ago

Thanks for the feedback! What appealed most to you?

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u/AlwaysHopelesslyLost 1d ago

Why did you use an LLM to generate this reddit post?

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u/Cadaverous_lives 1d ago

They used an LLM to make the whole website too- why not?

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u/SquidOfDoom 20h ago

I‘m trying to explore some ideas and this way I can share them quickly without it taking up my time, but I see your point and am worried about ai slop as well. I love it as a tool to quickly create and share ideas

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u/AlwaysHopelesslyLost 20h ago

You don't want your ideas to take up your time. But you don't mind them taking up OUR time???

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u/EugeneMeltsner 5h ago

I like that they can try more ideas out and get feedback earlier in the process. If your time is so valuable, why are you on Reddit?

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u/AlwaysHopelesslyLost 1h ago

You can try more ideas out asnd get feedback earlier without using LLMs to generate your reddit posts, too. 

I am not the one that said using Reddit is a waste of time, OP did.