Which random factors caused the frostwing snippers to die out? Them migrating out? Competitors or predators migrating in? Or is there some chance of not getting the seed, even if they’re the only species left? I didn’t get a good look at the source code, but I thought things were fairly deterministic once only one species was left.
IIRC every non-eaten organism gets 80% of its size, plus its nutrition, x10, in lottery tickets. Every lottery ticket has a 1/size/10 of being a new organism in the next generation.
The number of babies an organism has a random element. If it eats enough to replace itself then it will replace itself once in average but might do so zero or multiple times on average.
Migration is random too so there’s a small chance of it migrating away too. The frosting snippers mostly needn’t worry about invaders thanks to the heat.
A species will always get the seed if it is the only species left.
Which random factors caused the frostwing snippers to die out? Them migrating out? Competitors or predators migrating in? Or is there some chance of not getting the seed, even if they’re the only species left? I didn’t get a good look at the source code, but I thought things were fairly deterministic once only one species was left.
IIRC every non-eaten organism gets 80% of its size, plus its nutrition, x10, in lottery tickets. Every lottery ticket has a 1/size/10 of being a new organism in the next generation.
The number of babies an organism has a random element. If it eats enough to replace itself then it will replace itself once in average but might do so zero or multiple times on average.
Migration is random too so there’s a small chance of it migrating away too. The frosting snippers mostly needn’t worry about invaders thanks to the heat.
A species will always get the seed if it is the only species left.