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Dec 30

Sim Ant

Sim Ant is a computer game that enables you to simulate the fun of living in an ant colony. Created in 1991, it was one of the first 'Sim' series games, and is briefly mentioned in the book Emergence. The aim is to organise an ant colony that can take over an entire yard, and, if possible, a house – all the while battling with competing colonies, foraging for food, and avoiding losing too many ants to other bugs and humans. As one of the first simulation games, it uses a nice agent-based system to control an entire colony, not unlike StarLogo

 

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