Natural history department / experiment 001

The Ant Republic

A tiny civilization with no mayor, no maps, and remarkably good roads.
Live microscopic field
01 / Observation chamber
The open meadow
LIVE SIMULATION · AGENT-BASED STUDY
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DRAG TO CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE● FOLLOW THE SCENT, NOT THE CROWD
Something begins. A few scouts venture into an unfamiliar world.

The laboratory

Change the rules
Landscape
Draw on the field

Click to add food. Drag to build or erase walls. Watch what happens when you interrupt a well-established trail.

Colony behavior
Population240 ants
Scent memorylong
Curiosity / wanderingbalanced
Time1×

Field notebook

Live measurements
0
Food trips completed
0
Ants carrying food
FOOD RETURNED · A GROWING HISTORY
Observation 01. Each ant knows only what is directly ahead. The colony has no central plan.