Darwin's World Simulation in C#: An Interpreter

In Darwin’s world the user creates robot-like graphical creatures with behavior defined by a simple programming language. These creatures migrate around a small two-dimensional grid, each according to its simple program created by the user. The GUI application that controls and displays the location of these creatures must interpret the program instructions supplied in a simple text file for each creature type in real-time and display the movement and behavior of these creatures. Since some creatures may “infect” another creature in an adjacent grid location, converting the infected creature into the same type as the creature administering the infection, the population of the various creature types changes over time although the total number of creatures remains constant. The application tracks and displays the population dynamics as the simulation evolves. New creature types may be created by supplying a text file that contains the “program” that the application interprets. This necessitates changes to the GUI that displays the dynamics of the simulation.