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

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