# NodeBox

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# Creatures

In september 2007, we wrote a proposal for VAF, the Flanders Audiovisual Fund. The proposal was accepted and VAF has now granted us fundings to develop a (small) experimental computer game called Creatures. The game world will deal with plants and insects powered by a genetic algorithm.

## What is Creatures?

Creatures is an experimental project bordering between art and gaming. It takes a lot of inspiration from the Evolution project in the NodeBox gallery. Insects will swarm around, plants will grow, life will virally adapt. As a player it will be your goal to keep life in balance. So gaming never stops.

Our main partner in this project is Champ d'Action, a contemporary music ensemble. They will take care of the game audio and music according to a similar viral principle which we plan to use in the game world. We furthermore hope to actively involve the NodeBox community (as this project is naturally done in NodeBox, though we'll use Processing as well). If you're an artist or a programmer and you know a thing or two about NodeBox, leave us a message!

Creatures is the first stage of a bigger project called City In A Bottle. We want to start off with insects and evolve towards intelligent life in a social environment.