Breeding Demo

Alright here it is! This is just a little demo that generates 2 random genomes (currently at over 100 base pairs), reads it, shows you what kind of horse those genes make, and then it breeds those two horses and shows you what kind of baby those horses would have! It randomly selects one allele from each parent, just like in real life, so remember the foal you see is just one of thousands that those parents could generate. To randomly generate more parents and see more horses, just refresh the page.

DEMO

Given that the genes are generated completely randomly in this demo, you see a much higher percentage of greys, unusual colors, and high sabino factors (white) here than you will in the game. Also, the only pictures that are done are for those at racing age/racing condition right now. There will be another set of foal pictures and a set of breeding-age pictures in the game.

Back from the dead!

Alright we've been distracted for, oh, a year. But now I'm restructuring some code and updating the art, as well as working on a design document that consists of more than my frantic notes scribbled in the same beat-up yellow legal pad we've been carrying around this whole time.

The exciting thing: within a week or so I should have up a spiffy little demo of the genetics/breeding feature where you can pick 2 parents and see what kind of animal they create when bred together (different every time, just like real life). You'll only be able to see the effects of the 20-some-odd genes that affect the pictures, but it should be nifty!