# Seed **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 5, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064 "2008-05-05T00:15:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Maui\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Maui\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maui_Lion)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064/21 "2008-05-06T22:11:10Z")
Pink Aurora: 0.0, 0x656838, 6, 5, 34.6, 0.4, 1.0, 1.2, 52.5, 89.4, 0.0, 4, 0.3, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.6, 0.0, 0.5, 0.5, 0xa9b19f, 0xdc7a9e, 5.9, 3.8, 5, 6, 0.0, 1.2 Pink Aurora v. 2 (center is more neon yellow) : 0.0, 0x656838, 6, 5, 34.6, 0.4, 1.0, 1.2, 52.5, 89.4, 0.0, 4, 0.3, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.6, 0.0, 0.5, 0.5, 0x989a8b, 0xdd7da0, 5.9, 3.8, 5, 6, 0.0, 1.2 Dusty Rose: 0.0, 0x656838, 6, 5, 34.6, 0.3, 1.0, 1.2, 52.5, 89.4, 0.0, 4, 0.3, 0.1, 0.0, 0.1, 1.6, 0.0, 0.5, -0.2, 0x7a5a4c, 0xe086a6, 5.9, 3.8, 5, 5, 0.4, 1.2 ---
**Author:** ![Maui\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Maui\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maui_Lion)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064/22 "2008-05-06T22:22:34Z")
Queen Sakura (five evenly-spaced white surrounding petals; outline is more bold): 50.0, 0x30304f, 4, 10, 30.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.3, 43.7, 80.0, 0.0, 2, 0.1, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, -0.6, 0xff88dd, 0xffffff, 5.0, 15.3, 5, 5, 0.5, 0.9 ---
**Author:** ![Alistair\_McCello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Alistair\_McCello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alistair_McCello)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064/23 "2008-05-06T23:40:25Z")
As an interesting experiment (or at least an experiment that I found interesting) I started the game with the default pink flower, turned on the evolov-o-matic option, and let it run. It’s been going for about 7.5 hours now and this is what I have far: 30.0, 0x2b2728, 9, 19, 40.2, 0.4, 2.4, 1.0, 80.0, 28.6, 1.6, 4, 0.0, 0.0, 0.3, 0.2, 1.2, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0x658d49, 0x6c686b, 5.6, 6.3, 10, 15, 1.5, 1.8 ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064/24 "2008-05-06T23:58:41Z")
This one reminds me of the loops from those potholder-making kits: 30.2, 0x1f4234, 6, 8, 44.2, 0.6, 1.3, 1.4, 23.3, 50.0, 0.8, 4, 0.1, 0.2, 0.1, 0.1, 2.2, 0.0, 0.6, 0.3, 0xbcb04a, 0xa85573, 6.7, 11.8, 9, 55, 1.3, 1.3 Green marigolds!: 43.2, 0x645c31, 5, 6, 40.5, 0.6, 1.1, 1.2, 25.8, 56.2, 0.3, 4, 0.0, 0.1, 0.0, 0.1, 1.6, -0.1, 0.5, -0.2, 0xaa8fab, 0xacad8e, 5.4, 9.2, 7, 18, 0.6, 0.8 ---
**Author:** ![Maui\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Maui\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maui_Lion)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064/25 "2008-05-07T00:51:38Z")
[QUOTE=Alistair McCello] As an interesting experiment (or at least an experiment that I found interesting) I started the game with the default pink flower, turned on the evolov-o-matic option, and let it run. It’s been going for about 7.5 hours now and this is what I have far: 30.0, 0x2b2728, 9, 19, 40.2, 0.4, 2.4, 1.0, 80.0, 28.6, 1.6, 4, 0.0, 0.0, 0.3, 0.2, 1.2, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0x658d49, 0x6c686b, 5.6, 6.3, 10, 15, 1.5, 1.8 [/QUOTE] I was tempted to do the same at some point, and it’s very interesting what 7.5 million years of evolution did to it. 😃 Keep it running, it’ll be cool to see what else happens to it. And **Jeep** , that multicolored one is _trippy_. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064/26 "2008-05-07T01:26:59Z")
From evolve-o-matic: Little white flowers: 39.0, 0x686362, 5, 8, 35.1, 0.1, 1.0, 1.3, 38.4, 76.6, 0.2, 2, 0.1, 0.2, 0.1, 0.1, 1.4, -0.0, 0.3, 0.1, 0x39bc8d, 0xeaeae2, 6.2, 5.6, 6, 7, 0.4, 1.1 Single pink flower (based on alpine lily): 89.3, 0xaf14c0, 1, 10, 25.9, 0.1, 1.6, 1.3, 42.0, 53.6, 1.3, 2, 0.0, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 1.5, -0.1, -0.1, -0.7, 0x4f7d77, 0xee80e2, 5.1, 12.8, 7, 11, 0.4, 0.9 Uneven leaves: 75.3, 0xd3b500, 2, 11, 35.7, 0.1, 1.3, 1.1, 54.6, 38.5, 1.5, 4, 0.4, 0.0, 0.1, 0.0, 1.6, -0.1, 0.2, -0.0, 0x4a7186, 0xbb5b88, 5.0, 10.3, 7, 10, 1.1, 0.7 Outlined sunflowers: 64.9, 0x49b95e, 2, 1, 20.0, 1.0, 2.4, 1.1, 0.0, 50.0, 1.6, 2, 0.1, 0.0, 0.1, 0.1, 1.0, 0.0, 0.2, -0.8, 0xe0903, 0xeeee66, 5.0, 16.0, 14, 30, 1.0, 1.0 Nice outline color, with black leaves: 73.7, 0x4c285a, 3, 2, 28.8, 0.9, 2.4, 1.2, 34.5, 49.6, 1.5, 3, 0.1, 0.0, 0.1, 0.1, 1.2, -0.0, -0.1, 0.4, 0x625529, 0x40708, 9.1, 24.2, 14, 31, 1.4, 1.5 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064/27 "2008-05-07T02:01:02Z")
I put my Black Dahlia in the evolv-o-matic and got a weird tree. 10.4, 0xa000c, 9, 6, 58.9, 0.1, 1.5, 1.3, 0.3, 24.1, 0.4, 4, 0.2, 0.0, 0.3, 0.2, 2.0, -0.1, 0.1, -0.6, 0x3fb1a8, 0x525354, 9.0, 1.0, 10, 7, 0.3, 1.9 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064/28 "2008-05-07T02:04:37Z")
Here’s a variant with pointy center petals: 10.4, 0xa000c, 9, 6, 58.9, 0.1, 1.5, 1.3, 0.3, 24.1, 0.4, 4, 0.2, 0.0, 0.3, 0.2, 2.0, -0.1, 0.1, -0.6, 0x3fb1a8, 0x525354, 9.0, 1.0, 10, 7, 0.3, 1.9 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064/29 "2008-05-07T02:07:37Z")
Weird pointy-petaled tree crossed with the standard Hello Dahlia: 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 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064/30 "2008-05-07T02:15:02Z")
Whoops, I tried to copy pointy-petal’s DNA but it didn’t take. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064/31 "2008-05-07T02:35:43Z")
This is close to what weird pointy-petal looked like. 10.4, 0xa000c, 9, 6, 58.9, 0.1, 1.5, 1.3, 0.3, 24.1, 0.1, 4, 0.2, 0.0, 0.3, 0.2, 2.0, -0.1, 0.1, -0.6, 0x3fb1a8, 0x525354, 9.0, 0.3, 10, 6, 0.3, 0.1 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064/32 "2008-05-07T02:41:17Z")
Hmm…I wonder what would happen if I let that invalid string flower evolve all night. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064/33 "2008-05-07T02:47:58Z")
[QUOTE=Maui Lion] I was tempted to do the same at some point, and it’s very interesting what 7.5 million years of evolution did to it. 😃 Keep it running, it’ll be cool to see what else happens to it. And **Jeep** , that multicolored one is _trippy_. [/QUOTE] Thanks! I started randomly tweaking some numbers, which produced a very complex plant that slowed my computer down a lot. I crossed it with a few from this thread…and that popped out. 😃 A variation on cube flowers: 20.0, 0xa3a3a3, 3, 4, 40.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 64.9, 90.0, 0.0, 1, 0.0, 0.3, 0.1, 0.2, 1.8, 0.0, 0.8, 1.0, 0x0, 0xffffff, 8.0, 1.0, 4, 3, 0.0, 0.0 Left alone, it turned into this: 14.0, 0xd9a1af, 3, 6, 22.5, 0.2, 1.0, 1.1, 77.6, 90.0, 0.0, 4, 0.0, 0.3, 0.0, 0.1, 1.4, -0.1, 0.1, 0.8, 0x50606, 0x9d9f4a, 13.8, 2.1, 10, 4, 0.1, 0.4 Evolved sunflowers again: 80.9, 0x7bbb4c, 6, 7, 31.6, 1.0, 1.1, 1.3, 14.0, 10.5, 1.0, 2, 0.0, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 3.9, -0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0x21af33, 0x612e3f, 6.4, 7.4, 14, 35, 0.8, 1.5 ---
**Author:** ![Alistair\_McCello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Alistair\_McCello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alistair_McCello)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064/34 "2008-05-07T03:17:10Z")
> [@Maui Lion](#): > > I was tempted to do the same at some point, and it’s very interesting what 7.5 million years of evolution did to it. > Keep it running, it’ll be cool to see what else happens to it. Don’t worry, it’s still running at a little over eleven hours and I plan to leave it going over night. Right now it has gotten up to large flowering trees with gray trunks. I must say it is fun to watch, I have had it running on my second monitor while I do other things on the computer for a few hours now and I have a tendency to lose my focus and start absentmindedly watching Seed. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064/35 "2008-05-07T03:23:00Z")
So I crossbred all of yours to my liking and ended up with this godless abomination: 48.6, 0x4b4f44, 12, 17, 36.8, 0.2, 1.3, 1.3, 31.1, 57.6, 0.5, 5, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 1.4, -0.0, 0.2, -0.2, 0x8a848f, 0xb4a0a3, 6.4, 8.3, 11, 14, 0.6, 1.0 I think I’ll leave it on with the evolv-o-matic for a while (my entire field consists of those right now) ETA: SOme weren’t posted when i typed mine up, here’s an updated one. 54.0, 0x5f714e, 10, 14, 35.8, 0.4, 1.2, 1.3, 30.0, 48.8, 0.6, 5, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 2.1, -0.0, 0.2, -0.0, 0x62826a, 0xa68b92, 6.6, 7.4, 12, 19, 0.6, 1.0 ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064/36 "2008-05-07T04:22:01Z")
This game is painfully psychedelic, and I dig it. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064/37 "2008-05-07T04:28:53Z")
This was nice, after leaving the previous abomination on auto-evolve for a bit. 54.7, 0x5c6960, 10, 19, 39.0, 0.0, 1.2, 1.2, 46.4, 64.3, 0.5, 4, 0.0, 0.1, 0.0, 0.2, 1.6, -0.0, 0.2, -0.1, 0x424342, 0xae9cb5, 9.2, 5.5, 14, 22, 0.9, 0.5 [QUOTE=Argent Towers] This game is painfully psychedelic, and I dig it. [/QUOTE] What!? But ti doesn’t portray a painfully realistic simulation of the real world! You can’t call up anyone and have them tell you the history of each and every flower and which continent it orginates from! You MUST hate it! I kid, I kid! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064/38 "2008-05-07T11:50:58Z")
Invalid string flower looks like a mutated Magnolia after nine million years. 50.1, 0x4f244a, 10, 13, 53.8, 0.5, 2.4, 1.1, 36.1, 0.9, 0.8, 4, 0.5, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1.8, -0.2, 0.7, -0.9, 0x6d6368, 0x20185a, 10.8, 23.4, 14, 15, 0.9, 2.0 ---
**Author:** ![Alistair\_McCello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Alistair\_McCello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alistair_McCello)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064/39 "2008-05-07T16:11:39Z")
After a full 24 hours the result is a bit unexpected, solid black balls on the end of tree branches. 36.1, 0x725d6c, 10, 30, 39.3, 0.1, 1.9, 1.5, 44.7, 28.7, 0.6, 2, 0.3, 0.3, 0.2, 0.4, 3.5, 0.0, -0.0, -0.6, 0x111111, 0x90908, 8.8, 1.0, 14, 33, 1.2, 0.6 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064/40 "2008-05-07T20:36:43Z")
the scary eye ## 71.0, 0x463f73, 1, 2, 22.7, 0.9, 2.9, 1.1, 24.5, 17.9, 0.8, 3, 0.0, 0.2, 0.2, 0.1, 1.0, -0.1, 0.0, -0.1, 0x42353b, 0xc9ff4f, 10.0, 16.8, 14, 33, 1.1, 1.9 upper gumtree ## 47.5, 0x10101, 10, 16, 47.8, 0.7, 2.6, 1.4, 12.3, 3.5, 0.1, 4, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.5, 1.0, -0.1, -0.6, 0.4, 0xeb1ca6, 0xbc8b52, 14.2, 8.1, 14, 16, 1.5, 1.0 chernobyl apple ## 84.9, 0x111111, 10, 25, 53.1, 0.5, 4.0, 1.1, 79.0, 4.0, 0.4, 4, 0.5, 0.4, 0.3, 0.3, 3.0, -0.2, -0.8, 0.0, 0x3b3b3b, 0x656d39, 8.9, 1.0, 14, 17, 0.0, 2.0 rose ## 88.3, 0x6a5f57, 2, 15, 25.6, 0.3, 1.5, 1.3, 35.7, 45.4, 0.0, 4, 0.2, 0.3, 0.0, 0.2, 2.5, -0.1, 0.3, 0.1, 0x879355, 0x7359db, 10.0, 15.0, 12, 8, 0.0, 0.6 thistle ## 5.3, 0xd38d51, 10, 21, 32.3, 0.2, 3.0, 1.2, 47.3, 4.4, 0.1, 3, 0.5, 0.5, 0.4, 0.1, 2.0, -0.1, -0.5, 0.4, 0x7c7456, 0xe1e1e1, 5.7, 12.0, 14, 40, 2.0, 0.1 moon thistle ## 53.4, 0xebeaff, 10, 14, 33.7, 0.3, 2.9, 1.1, 32.5, 0.0, 0.2, 4, 0.5, 0.3, 0.3, 0.5, 1.5, 0.0, -0.5, 0.7, 0x352a2a, 0xc7a6b6, 5.9, 15.7, 14, 37, 1.1, 0.2 rainbow thistle ## 10.6, 0xd38d51, 10, 21, 37.0, 0.3, 3.0, 1.2, 47.3, 4.4, 0.0, 4, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.0, 1.3, -0.1, -0.5, 0.4, 0xdfdfdf, 0x8d6dab, 5.7, 12.0, 14, 39, 2.0, 0.1 big blue tree ## 100.0, 0x101111, 10, 29, 58.7, 0.5, 3.3, 1.0, 70.9, 27.4, 1.3, 4, 0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.2, 4.0, -0.1, -0.7, -0.6, 0xb87fa7, 0x4247a9, 14.4, 18.1, 14, 21, 0.1, 1.1 red talltree 62.8, 0x20202, 10, 19, 52.5, 0.4, 2.7, 1.1, 6.5, 69.8, 0.1, 3, 0.4, 0.4, 0.2, 0.4, 1.1, -0.1, 0.3, 0.6, 0xb0104, 0x6e4547, 7.2, 7.2, 14, 21, 1.2, 0.1 blue talltree 62.8, 0x0, 10, 19, 52.5, 0.4, 2.7, 1.1, 6.5, 69.8, 0.1, 4, 0.4, 0.4, 0.2, 0.4, 1.1, -0.1, 0.3, 0.6, 0x144943, 0x6b5451, 7.2, 3.9, 14, 21, 1.2, 0.1 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seed/448064.md?page=3)