Richard Dawkins: software & biomorphs

• The original Blind Watchmaker Biomorph Software by Richard Dawkins:
  • From W. W. Norton Publishing  (PC or Mac)
  • From amazon.com (Mac)
  • From amazon.com (PC) - back ordered
  • From SPA software - UK (PC/Mac)
  • See examples created by Richard Dawkins
• The Evolution of Life with Richard Dawkins CD-ROM - a virtual museum of evolution based on the book The Blind Watchmaker (Win32/Mac). Your tour guide is Richard Dawkins himself! Includes Cybertation listed below.
• Dancer DNA (PC Win95) - "Notting Hill's latest title brings together computers, music, evolutionary theory, and fast 3D graphics to enable you to evolve infinitely varied, organic creations which dance to music from any source: an audio CD, DJ deck, or a live act."  Site includes a downloadable demo which can be upgraded to a full version.
  • The dance of life: Hamish Mackintosh trips the light fantastic as the 'virtual children' of Richard Dawkins invade the club scene. The Guardian, Dec 9, 1998
  • Game Theory: Evolution With a Beat You Can Dance To - New York Times, April 1, 1999
• Cybertation -  (Now Free! - This was the prototype of  Dancer DNA) - evolve beautiful forms/creatures by mutating and breeding 3-D models (Win32 only). Cybertation is also included on The Evolution of Life CD-ROM listed above.

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• Biomorphs with Java , "Omnipotence" another variation in Java
• Color Biomorph-like game written in Java by Frits Beukers of Utrecht University
• Morph Lab - great site! - but remember to check the "Morph Watch". From the The Live Artificial Life Page.
• Biomorphs with Sex! in Java by Alain Gogniat - (may not run on old browsers)
• Biomorph Animator for the PC by Duncan Butler
• BreedTree Beta ver. 0.1 for Windows 95/98. by Marc Brooker - with file save/load & 3D functions.
• Porta-biomorphs for the Psion 3a. From Shane McKee
• Museum of All Shells - for the Psion Series 3c. From Simon Hudson. Based on Richard Dawkins' book Climbing Mount Improbable.
• The Weasel Applet and Biomorph Bounce in Java by Scott Maxwell
• Another applet for the "Weasel" simulation
• Monkey Demo (Win 32) - From Simon Hudson. with code provided by Zane Thomas and Karl Peterson
• For Programmers: The Selfish Class by Brian Foote and Joseph Yoder - "takes a code’s-eye view of software reuse and evolution."