Biomorph Builder

"The use of artificial life, not as a formal model of real life but as a generator of insight in our understanding of real life."
Based on Richard Dawkins' The Evolution of Evolvability (1988)

Nine genes. Recursive branching. Billions of possible forms. Explore morphospace through breeding, farming, and walking.

46M+Genotypes (Mode 1)
5Developmental Modes
13Genes (Full Dawkins)
🧬

Genome

The DNA sequencer. Inspect and edit every gene with live preview. See how each parameter shapes the creature in real time.
Open Genome View

Breed

The laboratory. Select offspring, tweak parameters, discover species. All five embryological modes from Dawkins' paper.
Open Breeder
🌱

Play

A living world. Farm biomorphs, trade with NPCs, walk the botanical gardens, and discover the breadth of morphospace.
Play Biomorph Farm
🌎

Explore

Walk through a 3D gallery of biomorphs rendered as branching trees. Five zones, day/night cycle, first-person exploration.
Enter 3D Gallery
🦆

Locomotion

Physics-based movement arena. Biomorphs walk, crawl, or slither based on their morphology. Shape determines motion.
Open Arena
🌐

Expedition

Explore morphospace with AI collectors. Breed, discover, and compete to find the rarest biomorphs. CryptoKitties meets evolutionary biology.
Launch Expedition
🌎

Colony

Watch a population of biomorphs evolve autonomously. Clusters form, lineages drift, and diversity emerges on a living landscape.
Enter Colony
🌍

Planet

Five biomes, five selection pressures. Watch geographic isolation drive morphological divergence — Carroll's rock pocket mice, made visible.
Explore Planet
🧩

Illustrated Explanation

From 9 numbers to a branching creature. A step-by-step visual guide to the biomorph algorithm.
Start Learning
📖

Read

The original 1988 paper, annotated and interactive. Live widgets, reading modes, and a built-in study system.
Read the Paper
🏛

Museum

70+ original specimens from Dawkins' Blind Watchmaker program, extracted from 1988 binary save files. The real creatures.
Browse the Zoo
🔍

Search

Upload a target shape and watch a genetic algorithm evolve toward it. Dawkins' method, finding Dawkins' creatures.
Open Gene Search
🔧

Behind the Build

How we built the tools, ran the experiments, and solved the puzzles. Dev logs and writeups from across the project.
Read Articles