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, a rule that turns them into a form, and mutations to choose between. Pick a parent, and pick again, and see how far the shapes travel.

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

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

The selection loop. One parent, eight mutant offspring, and you decide which one has the next generation. All five embryologies from the paper.
Start Selecting
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Read

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

70+ original specimens from Dawkins' Blind Watchmaker program, extracted from 1988 binary save files. The real creatures.
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Workshop Bloom · Biomorph Farm · 3D Gallery · Genome · Gene Search · Colony · Planet · Locomotion · Expedition · the buds and exploratory-growth prototypes · the dev logs