#Use the up and down arrow keys to
#navigate. Escape when you are done.

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#V1.2

This program is an artifitial
intelligence program. There are small
bugs who run around the screen looking
for food or a mate. Once they have found
food they remember where it is and they
go back to it when they are hungry. Here
are the symbols for the bugs:

ߪ ~Asleep. When the bugs are asleep
 ߪ they do not get hungrier, but they
do get older, which makes it
possible for them to die in their
sleep.

#ܪ ~Walking. When the bugs are walking
#   they search for food (if they
#ߪ haven't already found some) and a
#  ߪ mate. If the creature finds a mate a
a new bug will be born.

If there is a pink dot in the middle of
the creature it is female, otherwise it
is male. If there are 101 creatures
already on the screen and a male and
female creature meet then nothing will
happen. The darker the colour of the bug
the older it is. The food bowl is the
big red square in the middle of the
screen (this can be adjusted in
settings).

The civililisation will usually die off,
but occasionally they survive and the
amount of creatures reaches the maximum
number possible, 101. If all the bugs
die out the program will exit to the
menu screen.

#New in V1.2:

~Settings: Here you can change things
  like mating distance, move the food
  bowl and change its size and turn on
  the population graph. It can be
  accessed at any time during the
  simulation by pressing <ESC> and
  choosing 'settings' from the menu.

#***See if you can keep the population
stable (about 40 bugs?) by adjusting the
settings whilst in the simulation.***

~Age bar: This is the bar at the bottom
  of the screen. Each dot on here
  represents one of the bugs. If the dot
  is pink it represents a female, if it
  is red a male. This bar is useful for
  gauging the ages of the bugs alive.

~Red circles: And bug with a red circle
  around them is very hungry and will
  die if it does not get to food
  quickly.

~Population graph: This records the
  amount of bugs alive on the screen
  every 10 frames. To view the graph
  press <CTRL> + <G>. The information is
  stored to a temporary file in the
  current directory. When you exit the
  program this file is erased.

~Viruses: When the computer feels like
  it, or when you press <V>, a virus
  will be unleashed onto all bugs on the
  screen. It is not a true virus,
  because it does not spread, but it
  will cause bugs to all become hungrier
  or older. These are off by default but
  can be turned on in settings.

~Keys

<C>   Counts the number of bugs alive.
  <V>   Unleash virus on unsuspecting
        bugs.
  <ESC> Pauses the simulation and
  displays the option screen.
<F1>  Displays this help screen.
<CTRL>Restarts the simulation.
+ <R>
  <CTRL>Displays population graph.
  + <G>

E-mail me at #alex@spanz.u-net.com with
your comments or questions.

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