A sealed economy of lichen, moths and hunting beetles. Every birth, meal and disturbance descends from one seed. Set a horizon, let the chamber run, then read the plate.
Field apparatus Nº 7Seeded observationLiving culture
VITRINE Nº 7 · A CLOSED ECONOMY
Virella 37%
lichen crust
Tinea 160
grazer moth
Carabus 14
hunting beetle
Observing
GEN 00/40
TICK 000,000 · ×6
Disturbance I · generation 9
Drought
Fig. I · live culture
Loupe · move to inspect
AGE ENERGY
Field suspended
0 grazers · 0 hunters
The chamber is running blind. Logic continues; the plate is not drawn.
Generation 0 of 40
Armed
NextGEN 09IN 9 GEN
Archive · plate VII
Observation complete · the plate closes
Forty generations, sealed.
Seed7A3F 09C1
Horizon40 GEN
Disturbances04
Checksum0000 0000
CensusIndividuals / ground cover · per generation
Lichen coverGrazersHunters
Population census chart
Trait driftMean and ±1σ spread · gene value 0–1
Each panel traces one gene through the archive. The solid line is the population mean; the pale band is one standard deviation either side; the dotted rule marks the opening mean. Disturbances cross every panel as a hairline.