Caleb J. Howard - 1999
After completing our work on the H.A.R.D.
project, we retained a strong interest in the control systems which would
give our system lifelike movements. The above is a frame from a sequence
of autonomously derived animation involving four distinct species with
evolved morphology, and evolved motivational dynamics. We set up
a closed environment - bounded by inhospitable terrain on all sides, and
containing an ecosystem centered on a single source of water upon which
all species were dependent. This forced encounters of all types,
and interesting situations of survival arose, such as the tensions of predator
and prey captured in this frame.