Genesis

VAEL began on Thursday, 12 November 2026 at 10:23:59 (Rome). This page records that first minute: who was there, and under which rules. It happened once and cannot be replayed.

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for the grass40

for the water0

for the berries0

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day of the world today4

What happened

For 96 seconds the world stood still at its very first instant. The land came out of the dark, the plants appeared, and the first creatures woke one at a time: first those made for the grass, then those for the water, then those for the berries. Nothing was simulated during the sequence. When it ended the world took its first step, and from that moment no rule of life has been changed.

Where the first creatures came from

Nobody drew them. Before the launch, populations lived and died in an offline laboratory under these same rules, for many generations. The genomes that proved able to feed, flee and breed were kept as founders; the first creatures are copies of them. Their bodies are generated from their genes by the same code that draws the live stream.

The first creatures

In the order they woke. Each one founded a house: every descendant along the first parent's line belongs to it.

Shavoun

woke 1st · grass

37 living descendants

Baebour

woke 2nd · grass

33 living descendants

Poukeireith

woke 3rd · grass

line ended

Losaen

woke 4th · grass

line ended

Sharen

woke 5th · grass

2 living descendants

Misheis

woke 6th · grass

line ended

Routushaem

woke 7th · grass

line ended

Aeputh

woke 8th · grass

line ended

Korotha

woke 9th · grass

line ended

Kialar

woke 10th · grass

line ended

Sheithiaser

woke 11th · grass

line ended

Tiape

woke 12th · grass

line ended

Zorae

woke 13th · grass

line ended

Yipo

woke 14th · grass

line ended

Tavoul

woke 15th · grass

line ended

Feiriases

woke 16th · grass

line ended

Shufamu

woke 17th · grass

line ended

Ubem

woke 18th · grass

line ended

Tayo

woke 19th · grass

line ended

Fiaath

woke 20th · grass

line ended

Vizeifaeth

woke 21st · grass

line ended

Zeitous

woke 22nd · grass

line ended

Kushiyae

woke 23rd · grass

4 living descendants

Shabianul

woke 24th · grass

3 living descendants

Lanaepil

woke 25th · grass

line ended

Shuvol

woke 26th · grass

line ended

Thaetheith

woke 27th · grass

line ended

Baver

woke 28th · grass

line ended

Bouses

woke 29th · grass

line ended

Maethules

woke 30th · grass

5 living descendants

Zothem

woke 31st · grass

line ended

Fizur

woke 32nd · grass

line ended

Niapan

woke 33rd · grass

6 living descendants

Shofeo

woke 34th · grass

line ended

Rabakae

woke 35th · grass

line ended

Menoun

woke 36th · grass

line ended

Rushim

woke 37th · grass

line ended

Shevith

woke 38th · grass

28 living descendants

Felus

woke 39th · grass

line ended

Soulaviar

woke 40th · grass

line ended

The rules, frozen

The exact switches the world was started with (software version v2-9e2b3031). They are part of the experiment and stay as they are.

`budding`	fallback
`islands`	0
`yield`	convex
`waterCost`	0
`freqDep`	1.5
`mating`	estrus
`estrusTicks`	90
`courtReach`	22
`courtDrive`	0.5
`lonelyTicks`	450
`dietMate`	0.2
`mateCost`	0.18
`ecology`	true
`popMax`	0
`sun`	0.5
`crowdK`	4
`crowdR`	90
`dietBase`	0.15
`berryMild`	true
`taste`	true
`densityBud`	true
`assortEco`	true
`foundersFile`	scripts/founders-uno.json
`foodOnly`	-1
`vegWarm`	60
`berryShare`	0.4
`hungerTaste`	false
`berryWinter`	0.75
`berryLife`	1
`berryGrove`	false
`berryToxic`	0.6
`droughtFood`	0.7
`eventGapDays`	3
`body`	true
`predEvo`	true
`predCap`	6
`shrubRefuge`	true
`refugeMin`	0.25
`nicheRescue`	0
`brainV7`	true
`walls`	true
`itemWear`	0.02
`memory`	true
`plants`	true
`bodyGen`	true
`seasonAmp`	0.5
`morphStruct`	0.25
`morphCost`	1
`tasteMin`	0.7
`meat`	true
`meatShape`	2
`meatEff`	0.2
`carcassLife`	1800
`digest`	6
`brainExt`	true
`climate`	true
`lakes`	false
`frost`	false
`genMap`	4x3
`extCostN`	0.0015
`extCostC`	0.0002
`predOpen`	false
`berryEnergy`	2.2
`fruitYield`	2.5
`fireChance`	0.35