The art (some may consider it art) contained here was not created by me. In fact it wasn't created by anyone. It was created by an artificial life simulation, called LoveAndHate. I'm certainly not an artist, I'm a programmer, but I found that the lifelike creatures that I have created had an artistic side.

LoveAndHate was created using StarLogo. In the words of the creators, "StarLogo is a programmable modeling environment for exploring the workings of decentralized systems -- systems that are organized without an organizer, coordinated without a coordinator." StarLogo is free, and can be downloaded and learned about at http://education.mit.edu/starlogo/. If you want to make your own StarLogo simulation I highly suggest that you read all of the documentation (or at least most of it) to help you along the way. The documentation is very good, and they even provide some nice sample projects if you learn best by seeing code in action. StarLogo now has versions available for both Mac and PC, called StarLogo 1.0. I did my simulation on the earlier version, MacStarLogo, which actually runs faster.

The project is provided on the downloads page, complete with source code and documentation, but it will only work on MacStarLogo. This will allow you to see the artists in action. I have provided some of the more interesting pieces here, in the gallery.

For general information on the LoveAndHate simulation and the images that it has created, see the description page.

See an Alife simulation of a different kind, the Virtual World of Decision Making Turtles. This is an Alife simulation in 3D, including "turtles" that move, eat, and evolve using a genetic algorithm.

If you have any questions, comments or requests, please feel free to contact me.