.NET Terrarium

Posted by Jeffrey Vanneste at 01:28 PM on September 29, 2004

Category: Fun

I had heard of the .NET Terrarium quite some time ago but I never really checked it out. Yesterday I decided to give it a try. This stuff is pretty neat. The point of this "game" is to code your own creature to interact in the terrarium. You can make a herbivore, carnivore or plant. You define how the creatures move, interact with other creatures, comunicate, reproduce, attack, defend and so much more. My first impression was there wasn't too much to do to creating your own creature. Sure you can get a really simple creature put together really quick but it must take a long time to get a creature coded that can survive.
Right now on my client Terrarium all I have are Naka herbivores and Mari carnivores. Apparently these 2 critters have taken over the whole terrarium because that's all I see. I checked the stats out on the page and naka and mari are cleaning house.

Some sample creatures/code to get you started
The most active Terrarium forum I could find
The official Terrarium website