I remember in one of your old simulations years ago the goal was to move to the right, but there was one creature that was AMAZING at moving to the left (way better than any other creature) but it was excluded because it went the wrong way.

I still think about that injustice from time to time 😢

I've always wondered if randomly-generated jelly creatures could walk to the right a significant distance. Finally an answer to the age-old question!

"these creatures have negative fitness"

All it means is they're facing backwards; they have a good gait, you just need to flip them!

7:48 : hey, it’s the sign painter from world of goo!

Hooray, jelly evolution is finally here! One thing I really like about the Jelly is that it doesn't have a "kill state". In the original simulation, once all nodes hit the ground, the creature is doomed to never move anywhere again, but that can't happen here, which sort of gives all the creatures a chance! I guess there's the inverting of the cells that can hamper it, but never to the point where it's doomed, never to move again.
(11:20 oh hi)

The worst creature in the first generation went further left than the best creature went right, history repeats itself.

I just tried out the simulation. In mine, every 30 or so generations one creature would take over and become 99% of the population, before falling down and having another one take it's place. It took 181 generations to get 50 centimeters. The final organism used a strategy where it'd expand it's back "foot" then one in the middle, and finally another one in the front.

WE LOVE MENADY 🥹🥹🥹

2:14 I'm using this to describy my current fitness level

1:41 WOAH! Super Paper Mario!!

cary really loves himself an evolution simulator

2:50 The random Lois line was absolutely necessary

gelatin reference

The Veritasium track is a great touch

4:50 Tywyz was actually one of the best walkers. In the beginning, you can take any creature that walks negative distance and flip it around left to right, and it's the same as a successful creature.

7:42 I immediately recognised that music from World of Goo. I love that game, and I love the reference to the signs too.

Menady, as an accordion player I’m rooting for you.

"oh my collagen, are those my cousins?" -Gelatin, probably.

0:24
My goat Raspberry from BAGUETTE, still not forgotten...

Just for once, I wanna see one of these where you rank fitness based on the total amount moved, and not just moving to the right. It'd be interesting to see the speciation that could result from that, if different strategies become apparent going left or right, if a generalist is able to sweep both directions, etc.