Micropond1 XML Phenotype

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Critters in Micropond1 (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuWJ1ZiwO2g) do not use an internal XML representation of either their genotype or their phenotype. However, the genotype is a simple string composed of a number of instructions, each a simple character. The phenotype is simply a number of cells in a worm-like chain (as long as the number of instructions) with a head that may be oriented in one of four directions, an energy level, and a program counter pointing at the next instruction to execute. A critter within its environment could be represented as follows:

Structure

<world>
	<critter id="61783">
		<orientation>270</orientation>
		<energy>.9</energy>
		<genotype>M1>Z</genotype>
		<program_counter>2</program_counter>
		<cells>
			<cell x="99" y="100"/>
			<cell x="100" y="100"/>
			<cell x="100" y="99"/>
			<cell x="100" y="98"/>
		<cells>
	</critter>
 
	<food x="90" y="100"/>
	<obstacle x="89" y="100"/>
</world>