ecosim

this was a fun rust project i've been working on in my free time. its a sim of the "real world" with rudimentary plants, herbivores, and predators. they all follow a set of rules, and you can see how their population changes over time.

chain

• plants grow over time and spread accross the grid
• herbivores eat plants, and grow (in population)
• predators eat herbivores

again, this is all pretty self explanatory, and you can check the graphs for changing info as the sim plays.

fun features

• you can track a singular speci by clicking on it and you can see it's seperate stats
• there are numerous graphs for:
  • herbivore vs predator population
  • births and deaths per tick
  • average plant density
  • average energy per species
• there's seeds so you can run the same sim at different times, just be sure to save it somewhere
• you can check if the # of species will lag on your computer or not (if unsure, just go for a way lower number)

controls

• Enter – start
• Click – track
• Space – pause / resume
• R – restart with the same settings
• N – generate a new random seed
• + / - – change simulation speed
• S – save simulation
• L – load simulation
• Esc – quit

examples

• ima update this later

Running it locally

clone the repo

• git clone https://github.com/aryasalem09/ecosim.git
• cd ecosim run this command
• cargo run --release (just so it's smooth, you can run cargo run aswell)