What happens after 1000 hours of Evolution? Recreating the largest evolution experiment ever

In this video, we dive deep into the fascinating world of The Bibites by recreating one of the most iconic real-world evolution experiments. Inspired by the famous Long-Term Evolution Experiment with bacteria, our simulation runs through thousands of generations of digital lifeforms. These Bibites start with simple behaviors and genetic traits, but as they live, eat, reproduce, and mutate, we witness the power of evolution in action.

Just like in the original experiment, where bacteria evolved over 75,000 generations to adapt to their environment, our Bibites face their own challenges. Through natural selection, they gradually evolve new traits, form distinct species, and adapt to their surroundings in surprising ways. By the end, we'll have not only new species but an entirely different digital ecosystem, demonstrating how even small genetic changes can lead to significant evolutionary leaps.

Veritasium video that inspired this experiment —    • The Longest-Running Evolution Experiment  

The Dynamics of Molecular Evolution Over 60,000 Generations — Good, B. H., McDonald, M. J., Barrick, J. E., Lenski, R. E., & Desai, M. M. (2017). — https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

=================================

The Bibites is an Artificial Life (Living AI!) simulation where I recreate some biological processes and let the lifeforms live, eat, reproduce, and mutate, leading to active evolution.
They can evolve their body through a genetic algorithm and their behavior through a custom neural network algorithm.

=================================

Wishlist the project on Steam — https://store.steampowered.com/app/27...

Visit our Website for Merch and more — https://www.thebibites.com/

Follow me on Twitter — https://x.com/TheBibites

Support the project on Patreon —   / leocaussan  

Join the community on Reddit —   / thebibites  

Download and play the game — https://leocaussan.itch.io/the-bibites

Join the Independent Bibite Ressearch Discord Channel —   / discord  

Contact information — [email protected]


=================================
Credits:
Footages from Pexels.com and Videezy.com
Procedural Sprites by Brax — Twitter@Braxiations
Intro songs by Fireballme — www.bit.ly/bibitesmusic
Background Music by RPGPenguin —    • Digital Drift - The Bibites OST  

#evolution #AI #devlog #simulation #ecosystem