The Quiet Vivarium

Plate VII Sealed meadow 144 × 90 cells · 280 ticks / generation

Gen 00 / 24

Fair weather

FloraMuscus lucensglassmoss · tufts 0tufts

PreyTinea cineriscinder moth · herbivore 0alive

PredatorsNoctua vitreaglass owl · carnivore 0alive

Next visitation None scheduled

Calendar of generations · automatic catastrophe marks Gen 00 / 24

Instruments · calibrated live

The Instrument Cabinet

Turn a knob; the meadow answers at once.

PRNG
MULBERRY32

Conditions

Live

Culture seed

deterministic

PRNG

Mutation pressure

9.0% / gene

sterile · 0volatile · 25%

spread

Understory regrowth

1.00× vigour

thin · 0.25×lush · 2.5×

cover

Study length

generations

drift

Tempo

2.0× real time

Tempo 0.5 8

2.0×

≈ 2.3 s / generation
≈ 00:56 remaining

Calendar of Calamities

Auto

Recurring weather, called by generation. Each is independent; each leaves its seal.

Drought

next · gen 07

every

gen

Plague

next · gen 11

every

gen

Eclipse

next · gen 17

every

gen

III At the bench

Space suspend R restart F fast-forward

The Rain Withheld

Condensing the observation…

Drought

Plague

Eclipse

The meadow,
at the close.

Population, observed

Pace

Vision

Metabolism

Reproduction

Drawing up
the field report.