BUGS 6

Bugs is an experimnet in AI & A-Life ... I have started it as a hobby but who knows one day they may replace all other virtual pets :) ... they live on this doughnut shaped world ... like ours it has mountians and lakes ... they search for food and mates ... navigate round obsticles ... and try to avoid preditors ... this thier life ... watch them as they live and grow ... origally they wandered round aimlessly but they have much better brains now ... they actually exibate chase/run behavior and stuff ... they also have a herding drive though it is not particulary strong ...

I should mention they run on Linux ...

Intel x86 and compatibles running Linux and FreeBSD
... NetBSD & Linux on ALPHA ... Linux on S390
... Linux on MIPSel (Cobalt RAQ)

A sort of history

usage: bug6 [ -s # # ][ -w # # ][ -r # ][ -g # ][ -l ][ -h ]

Command line args

	-s # #	screen size of ROWS x COLS
		* this should equal the size of you terminal *
		default is 24x80
		in bash ./bug6 -s $LINES $COLUMNS works well

	-w # #	world size of ROWS x COLS
		defaults to screen size

	-r #	roughness 1 to 1000  
		default 150  
		effects amount of habitable land

	-g #	grid size 2 to 8     
		default 4
		effects uniformity of land

	-l	display GPL stuff

	-h	display short help

the status bar tools ...

x = exit

h = pan left
j = pan down
k = pan up
l = pan right
g = goto "active" bug

p = pause/unpause
t = tracking mode on/off

m = select next display mode
- = select next catigory for first panel in user stats
+ = select next catigory for second panel in user stats

1 = next bug
2 = higest food
3 = highest gen
4 = oldest
5 = highest kills

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