Project Dashboard — Biomorph Builder

Experiences

Breeder Dawkins Paper Farm Game 3D Gallery Museum Gene Search How We Built This Expedition Explainer Locomotion Arena

Live Testing Building Exploring Planned

Needs Your Attention

Zoom UX — Sandbox

Test

Snap-to-preset zoom (25%–200%), debounced trackpad, /zoom command. Does it feel right? Are the preset levels useful?

Try scroll-wheel / trackpad pinch — does debounce feel natural?
Try /zoom 50, /zoom 200 — do presets snap correctly?
Pan around the 256x256 world at low zoom — is it smooth?

Expedition — Playtesting

Test

v1 prototype deployed. First impressions and feel.

Does rarity feel meaningful?
Are bots too fast or too slow?
Is the morphospace map useful?
Is the breeding flow satisfying?

LLM Command Bar — Deploy

Bug

Works on localhost, connection issue on deployed site. Needs debugging before testing live.

Active Workstreams

Locomotion — Muscles & Movement

Exploring

Making biomorph locomotion gene-driven. Exploring muscle/tendon implementations before deciding on genes.

40%

Tier 1 — Locomotion parameters (amp, freq, phase, asymmetry)
Tier 2 — Regional differentiation (spine/legs/falloff) — sliders built, needs testing
Tier 3 — Explicit muscle/tendon model (spring-dampers, antagonist pairs, energy)
Decide which parameters become genes
Integrate locomotion genes into genotype & breeding

Expedition — CryptoBiomorphs

Testing

Fake-multiplayer collecting prototype. Bots explore morphospace, player competes to discover rare specimens.

60%

v1 prototype complete & deployed
Playtesting — does rarity feel meaningful? Are bots paced well?
Tune bot speeds/intervals based on feedback
Polish UI, add sound/animation juice
Morphospace map usefulness assessment

LLM Command Bar

Testing

AI fallback for natural language commands in the farm game. Bring-your-own-key, OpenAI-compatible.

70%

Core implementation (4 response types, rate limiting)
Localhost testing — working
Deploy to biomorphbuilder.com & test live
Test SAY: responses, gibberish fallback, contextual mapping
Fix reported bug: connection issue on deployed site

Interactive Papers Platform

Planned

Generalize the Dawkins paper features into a platform for Conjecture University courses.

15%

Dawkins paper v1 — reading modes, study system, widgets
Landing page mockup for platform
Q&A architecture notes
Extract reusable components from dawkins-paper
Second paper/course as proof of generalization

Ideas Pipeline

Color Genes

Planned

2-3 genes for hue/saturation/gradient. Separate evolvable dimension with big visual payoff.

Sexual Reproduction

Planned

Crossover breeding from two parents. Fundamentally different evolutionary dynamics.

Guided Morphospace Tours

Planned

Curated 3D walkthroughs of interesting morphospace regions with annotations.

AI Morphospace Explorer

Planned

Claude evaluates biomorphs by visual criteria, discovers interesting regions at scale.

Known Issues

LLM command bar — deployed site

Bug

AI mode in the game may need key re-entry or has a connection issue on the deployed site. Works on localhost.

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