01 / Simulations
Watch a world unfold
Adjust the baseline’s starting conditions, launch a run, and replay the recorded frames. Analyze energy expenditure and collection after the run.
Open simulationsOpen research in artificial life
How does life-like organization emerge?
We explore how simple components, resources, and interactions can give rise to persistent, self-propagating organization.
Open Life Lab brings together computational experiments and the research behind them. Start with a simple world, examine what happens, and use the evidence to shape the next experiment.
Association & energyBaseline experiment
Explore the lab
Experiment. Understand. Investigate.
02 / Documentation
Understand the project
Read reviewed documents about the project and its current direction.
Read documentation03 / Reference library
Follow the evidence
Browse primary references with paper summaries, possible project relevance, and reading limits. Follow source links to investigate further.
Browse the libraryWhere we are
A first experiment. Many open questions.
The current baseline studies movement, resource collection, energy sharing, and contact-connected associations. Its rules and numerical defaults are provisional.
Self-maintenance, propagation, adaptation, and the origins of behavior guide the broader research. The project is at an early stage; no result yet establishes machine life.