Seed

The Game Room
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I was browsing some free online flash games, and I came across one called Seed. Basically, you start with a plant or two, and along the way, they may very well start mutating in different ways.

The fun part is that by selectively breeding, you can encourage traits you like in ones that have grown, or cross-breed different plants together and try to apply traits from one to another.

Then, if you eventually make a plant you like, click and drag from the plant to the “Drag plant here” box, and get the DNA code from it to share with others. If you like, you can also fiddle with the DNA code yourself and see what happens with it.
It’s not exactly thrilling, but it’s nice for wasting some time or to play around and see what kinds you can make.

Here’s some codes I made along the way. I just named 'em whatever popped into my head first. Copy and paste them into the DNA box and click on “Seed this” to make it grow:

Lavender Sakura Tree: 58.4, 0x6f4f5e, 47, 49, 31.6, 0.3, 1.0, 1.3, 50.0, 60.0, 0.1, 3, 0.1, 0.1, 0.0, 0.0, 1.3, -0.0, 0.1, -0.3, 0xc76ee5, 0xfffefe, 5.0, 7.8, 5, 5, 0.4, 0.8

Snow Chrysanthemum: 56.3, 0x3d5353, 4, 9, 28.8, 0.1, 1.3, 1.4, 35.0, 79.8, 0.2, 2, 0.1, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, -0.2, 0xea83c9, 0xf8e3fb, 5.0, 8.3, 7, 9, 0.5, 1.0

Sakura; Rounder Petals (Petals around the middle are a bit more round than normal. A small change, but figured it was worth mentioning): 53.1, 0x404b55, 4, 10, 29.4, 0.1, 1.1, 1.4, 37.5, 79.9, 0.1, 2, 0.1, 0.1, 0.0, 0.1, 1.0, 0.0, 0.1, -0.2, 0xf485d3, 0xfbf0fc, 5.0, 7.1, 6, 7, 0.5, 1.0

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I appear to have created an Army Rose:
50.0, 0x44c044, 2, 11, 33.1, 0.0, 1.0, 1.5, 21.0, 65.9, 0.7, 3, 0.1, 0.2, 0.0, 0.1, 1.3, 0.0, 0.1, -0.3, 0x8b9a38, 0xc2b985, 8.1, 7.5, 6, 7, 0.5, 0.0

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This one is very tall:
85.0, 0x44bb44, 4, 12, 59.3, 0.5, 1.1, 1.4, 48.4, 68.5, 1.1, 2, 0.2, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, -0.0, 0.3, -0.8, 0xddbb44, 0x906390, 5.0, 10.0, 6, 11, 0.5, 0.7

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I’m not sure how this happened . . .
00.0, 0xff, 1, 1, 20.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0xff, 0xff, 5.0, 3.2, 4, 4, 0.0, 0.0

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I bred that one with your tall one and it makes some nice blue flowers…

42.5, 0x225da1, 3, 7, 39.6, 0.8, 1.1, 1.2, 24.2, 34.3, 1.1, 1, 0.1, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.1, -0.4, 0x6e5da1, 0x4831c7, 5.0, 6.6, 5, 8, 0.3, 0.3

I’m gonna try tinkering with this one and some sakura.

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This one’s nice. Kinda thick lines and sturdy trunk, lots of petals that go from pastel pinks to greens.

36.3, 0x3e4c3b, 6, 7, 35.0, 0.3, 1.7, 1.3, 37.6, 79.2, 0.1, 4, 0.0, 0.1, 0.0, 0.1, 1.0, -0.1, 0.3, -0.7, 0xe297c8, 0xafc5ac, 6.6, 5.8, 6, 6, 0.4, 0.8

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OK, that little blue square on a stick seems to be just the result of entering an invalid string.

8

Speaking of entering strings, don’t do what I did and start applying “100” to the numbers across the board.
Unless you have a very good computer.
At least better than the ones here we have at work.

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You can genetically modify the bits you don’t like. I’ve worked out what most of the numbers mean.

  1. height

  2. stem colour

  3. no of flowers

  4. ?

  5. distance between flowers

  6. tendency to grow straight up

  7. stem thickness (thicker stems also make higher plants)

  8. ?

  9. tendency to spread out sideways

  10. ?

  11. size of central bit, range 0-5

  12. no of layers of petals

  13. irregularity in flower shape (anything above 0.1 makes very jagged flowers)

14, 15, 16) mix of colours on petals

  1. thickness of petal outline

18, 19, 20) petal outline colour

  1. inner ring petal colour

  2. outer ring petal colour

  3. whole flower size

  4. petal size

  5. ?

  6. no of petals

  7. ?

  8. petal shape
    0.0 = spike
    1.0 = round
    1.4 = square
    2.0 = heart

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sunburst
20.0, 0x55ac65, 20, 1, 50.0, 0.0, 3.0, 1.1, 10.0, 50.0, 1.6, 2, 0.0, 0.0, 0.1, 0.1, 1.0, 0.0, 0.2, -0.6, 0x554433, 0xeeee66, 5.0, 5.0, 5, 30, 1.0, 2.0
My Three Suns
170.0, 0x55ac65, 3, 1, 60.0, 1.0, 3.0, 1.1, 30.0, 50.0, 1.6, 2, 0.0, 0.0, 0.1, 0.1, 1.0, 0.0, 0.2, -0.6, 0x554433, 0xeeee66, 5.0, 20.0, 5, 30, 1.0, 2

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Want specific colors?

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I bred a magnolia baobab! Warning: magnolia baobab is not intended for use on small planets.

100.0, 0x395b70, 7, 11, 36.7, 0.1, 2.3, 1.5, 80.0, 51.6, 0.0, 6, 0.2, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 1.4, 0.0, 0.5, 0.5, 0xe5d9df, 0xe5cef6, 7.0, 15.7, 9, 9, 0.6, 0.6

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If the color chart linked above doesn’t work, try this.

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Quacking Sakura Rosebush (Lavendar Sakura Tree mixed with a Duck Blue (really!) version of the Army Rose)
54.2, 0x598751, 25, 30, 32.4, 0.1, 1.0, 1.4, 35.5, 63.0, 0.4, 3, 0.1, 0.2, 0.0, 0.1, 1.3, 0.0, 0.1, -0.3, 0x636fbf, 0x7fb7cb, 6.5, 7.7, 6, 6, 0.5, 0.4

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Hex code for “Duck Blue”: 007199.

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Black Dahlia
11.0, 0x414001, 7, 3, 40.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.3, 40.0, 90.0, 0.0, 4, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, -0.1, 0.7, -0.2, 0x24140e, 0x24140e, 5.0, 4.5, 6, 5, 0.5, 0.9

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It’s like a…?

75.0, 0x444458, 5, 10, 50.0, 0.3, 1.0, 1.5, 8.2, 16.0, 0.0, 2, 0.1, 0.5, 0.5, 0.0, 2.0, 0.0, 0.3, 0.2, 0x5c74c3, 0xfffefe, 5.0, 6.0, 5, 5, 0.5, 0.5

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Try crossing that with a Dahlia from the store.

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Large Sakura (Sakura with larger than normal petals)
50.0, 0x444458, 4, 11, 30.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.4, 40.0, 80.0, 0.0, 2, 0.1, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, -1.0, 0xff88dd, 0xfffefe, 5.0, 9.7, 5, 5, 0.5, 0.9

Hello Dahlia (the above crossed with a Dahlia from the store)
46.7, 0x43434d, 5, 10, 32.5, 0.1, 1.0, 1.4, 38.0, 77.3, 0.0, 3, 0.1, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.1, -0.0, 0.1, -0.6, 0xf18cda, 0xffe1f0, 5.0, 7.4, 6, 5, 0.5, 0.9

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Hello Dahlia Tree (Hello Dahlia crossed with Lavender Sakura Tree)
52.5, 0x594955, 26, 30, 32.0, 0.2, 1.0, 1.4, 44.0, 68.7, 0.1, 3, 0.1, 0.1, 0.0, 0.0, 1.2, 0.0, 0.1, -0.4, 0xdc7ddf, 0xffeff7, 5.0, 7.6, 6, 5, 0.5, 0.9