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Artificial Life

Watch life evolve in the palm of your hand! Oddly hypnotic and relaxing, Artificial Life is a simulation of the growth and evolution of microorganisms - basically artificial life forms. Initially, each…

26 March 2009

Artificial Life is a simulator, released 26 March 2009 on iOS.

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What Artificial Life is

Artificial Life was released in 2009. It is available on iOS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Watch life evolve in the palm of your hand! Oddly hypnotic and relaxing, Artificial Life is a simulation of the growth and evolution of microorganisms - basically artificial life forms. Initially, each organism is given a random set of rules governing its behavior. If the rules end up being useful for survival, the organism may live long enough to mate with another organism and pass its genetic code on to some offspring. Over time, the organisms with the most useful behaviors will pass on their genetic code, leading to interesting patterns of behavior unfolding before your eyes - flocking behaviors, solitary predatory tactics, scavenging, and hiding are some examples - and all this behavior…
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How it plays

Its themes are educational.

What it launched against

Artificial Life launched on 26 March 2009, within three weeks of Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Guitar Hero: Metallica and The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Guitar Hero: Metallica, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena.

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When did Artificial Life come out?
Artificial Life was released on 26 March 2009 for iOS.

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