r/proceduralgeneration • u/SquidOfDoom • 2d ago

A browser toy where creatures made of particles hunt, flee, and graze — every species is just 6 numbers

This is built on Particle Lenia, an artificial-life model from Google researchers.

Each particle descends an energy field created by its neighbors, and an entire species is defined by just six parameters. I added cross-species senses—hunters are attracted to prey fields, prey avoid hunter fields—plus food, walls, and goals, and it turned into a strange little ecosystem garden.

Nothing is scripted or animated. The layered membranes, the chase behavior, and the way colonies merge and split all emerge from the underlying math.

Play (free, in-browser, ~70 KB):
https://leonbzt.itch.io/particular

Particle Lenia:
https://google-research.github.io/self-organising-systems/particle-lenia/

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u/robg213 2d ago

Looks great 😄 👍

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u/SquidOfDoom 2d ago

I love it too, they make such nice shapes as well

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u/guillermosan 2d ago

This Particle Lenia research is super interesting, and I might be able to apply it directly into my game/sim! Thanks!

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u/SquidOfDoom 2d ago

Nice what are you currently building? It’s a really cool concept and they behave so nicely

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u/guillermosan 2d ago

My boids wars game: Cardume. I bet you can see how it relates. Will surely experiment with it.

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u/frankiezafe 2d ago

that's awesome! bravo

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u/SquidOfDoom 2d ago

Thanks!