Life simulation games

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List of Life simulation games

This is a list of free/libre life simulation games:

Game	Screenshot	Last Release	Genres	Description
Infon Battle Arena		2006-10-01	Life simulation, RTS, Programming	Infon Battle Arena 2D renderer Genres Life simulation, RTS, Programming Latest release 265 Release date February 25th, 2008 Developer Florian Wesch Code license GPL Media license GPL P. language C, Lua Libraries SDL Contribute Infon Battle Arena is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Infon Battle Arena is a real-time multiplayer programming game written by Florian Wesch. You control your creatures using the Lua programming language and let them compete for food and survival against other players. The game is client/server based and is playable over the internet. Players can upload code at any moment to update their code or fix bugs while the game is running in realtime. It is written in the C and Lua programming language using the SDL library. The latest release is 265 released on February 25th, 2008. The media and the source code are both licensed under the GPL.
Passage		December 13th, 2007	RPG, Autobiographical	Passage Genres RPG, Autobiographical Latest release 3 Release date December 13th, 2007 Developer Jason Rohrer Code license Public Domain Media license Public Domain Library SDL Contribute Passage is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Passage is an autobiographical RPG game by Jason Rohrer. It is his third game and the second to be released in the public domain. The source code is available on the homepage, so this is free software (the source code package contains a non-free piece of developer utility software, which is not needed on Debian). The game has been selected for the gamma256 event. The latest version of the game is 3 released on December 13, 2007. It uses the SDL library and its default resolution is 600x90.
Critterding		2013-10-03	Life simulation	Critterding Critterding Genre Life simulation Latest release Beta 14  (Announcement) Release date October 03rd, 2013 Developer Bob Winckelmans Code license GPL Media license GPL P. language C++ Library SDL Contribute Critterding is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Chat Forum Critterding - Evolving Artificial Life is a life and evolution simulator. In the default configuration the simulator generates a world with food and critters with random bodies and brains. Critter have sensors such as detection of food touching their head and perform actions such as moving, eating or procreating. Some randomly created critters will have sufficient properties to sustain a population and evolve.
Cultivation		2007-08-09	Life simulation	Cultivation Screenshot of the current version Genre Life simulation Latest release Version 8 Release date August 9, 2007 Developer Jason Rohrer Code license Public domain Media license Public domain Library GLUT Contribute Cultivation is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Cultivation is a 2D life simulation game created by Jason Rohrer. The game was a Slamdance Guerilla Gamemaker Competition 2007 finalist. The game has been released into the public domain. The source code is available on the homepage so it is free software. All game content is generated procedurally at runtime. The latest version of the game is version 8 released on August 9th, 2007. It uses the GLUT library.
Biogenesis		2019-02-24	Life simulation	Biogenesis Genre Life simulation Latest release 0.9  (Announcement) Release date February 24th, 2019 Developer Joan Queralt Molina Code license GPLv2 Contribute Biogenesis is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Biogenesis is an artificial life simulator. It simulates organisms, their workings and their environment.

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