Evosoup: Digital Life and Evolving Patterns from Random Code

Evosoup is a digital evolution experiment where code patterns compete for survival on a 2D grid. This video breaks down the core mechanics of the virtual machine (written in GO) and shows how the code itself evolves to hijack the execution energy of the system.

Learn how Evosoup differs from Cellular Automata like Conway's Game of Life and other evolving code projects like Tierra and Avida by generating implicit evolutionary pressure ... no external "Reaper" needed.

Project Code:
https://github.com/TTrapper/evosoup
Suggestions and Feedback are welcome in the comments

Resources & Credits

Academic Predecessors:

Tierra Homepage: https://tomray.me/tierra/
Avida Homepage: https://avida-ed.msu.edu/app/AvidaED.html
Google Computational LIfe Paper : https://arxiv.org/pdf/2406.19108

Video Credits:

ALife Projects Footage (Bibites): [Bibites](   • Is Digestion necessary for the Evolution o...  )
Alife Projects Footage (Boids): [Boids](   • Simulating Evolution in an Ecosystem | Part 1  )
Conway's Game of Life Footage: [Game of life](   • epic conway's game of life  
)
Tierra Footage: [bioErrorLog](   • Running Tierra - Artificial Life  )
Avida Footage: [Wendy Johnson](https://www.google.com/search?q=https://yo...)

Music:

Outro Song: Triumphant Return by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Artist: http://audionautix.com/