Mutagenesis - Day 5

gcewing on 2011/09/15 13:10 of Mutagenesis

The user interface looks a bit nicer now, plants grow automatically, and there is a catalogue of the specimens you've created that you can select from.

Remaining to be done:

• Cross-breeding
• More plant features (flowers, fruit, colour variations)
• Sounds

There are also a few problems that need attention. Repeated mutations seem to always end up producing a stunted plant or one that doesn't grow at all; I might need to bias the mutations a bit more towards adding symbols than deleting them.

The scheme I'm using to render leaves could also do with improvement. The initial hand-crafted leaf looks nicely leaf-shaped, but mutations of it almost invariably produce something with a flat end.

Current screen shot: