World Settings

The World tab is the primary control surface for the simulation. It sets the scale of the ecosystem, controls food availability, and provides real-time population monitoring.

Sliders

Setting	Range	Default	Description
Organisms	500 – 50,000 (step 500)	5,000	Total number of organisms spawned at world initialization. Higher counts increase predator–prey dynamics but require more GPU throughput.
Food Pellets	100 – 10,000 (step 100)	2,000	Maximum number of food pellets present in the world at any time. Organisms consume pellets to gain energy and grow.
Food Spawn Rate	1 – 80 (step 1)	15	Pellets added per second. Low values create scarcity pressure; high values sustain larger populations with less competition.
Simulation Speed	0.1 – 5.0 (step 0.05)	1.00	Multiplier applied to the simulation time step. Values above 1.0 fast-forward evolution; values below 1.0 slow it for detailed observation.

Changing Organisms or Number of Species (in the Species tab) calls initWorld, which completely resets the simulation — all organisms, food, generation counter, and population history are cleared.

Population graph

The Population Over Time canvas tracks per-species organism counts across the last 200 ticks, updating every 0.25 seconds. Each species is drawn as a colored line using that species’ assigned hue. The graph gives an at-a-glance view of boom-and-bust cycles, species dominance shifts, and extinction events.

Species census legend

Below the population graph, the Species Census row shows a colored dot for each active species alongside its live organism count. Dots use the same 12-color palette assigned at world initialization. Zero-count species remain listed to make extinctions visible.

Scenario presets

The Scenario Presets dropdown loads a curated set of slider and checkbox values tuned for a specific ecological dynamic:

Preset	Character
Stable Eden	High food, low aggression, steady coexistence
Arms Race	Escalating predation pressure, fast mutation
Battle Royale	Extreme scarcity, very high organism count
Superorganism	Strong flocking, low inter-species conflict
Food Chain Cycle	Rock-Paper-Scissors chain enabled with balanced species
Extinction Event	Many species, extremely low food spawn rate
Custom	Manual configuration; set when any slider is moved

Applying a preset calls applyPreset(), then immediately calls resize() and initWorld() — the world resets automatically with the new parameters. There is no need to click Reset World separately after choosing a preset.

Reset World

The Reset World button re-initializes all organisms, food pellets, oases, and the generation counter using the current slider values. Population history is also cleared.

Stats bar

The stats bar at the bottom of the panel updates every frame:

Chip	Description
FPS	Frames rendered per second by the WebGL loop
Alive	Live organism count at the current frame
Food	Active food pellet count at the current frame
Gen	Generation counter, incremented each reproduction event

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Population graph

Species census legend

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Reset World

Stats bar

​Sliders

​Population graph

​Species census legend

​Scenario presets

​Reset World

​Stats bar

Sliders

Population graph

Species census legend

Scenario presets

Reset World

Stats bar