Abiogenesis - First Prototypes

Pieces of art are said to have an 'exhibition life'. But when does a piece of art, on the journey from artist’s brain to exhibition hall, become ‘alive’? Different iterations on this journey may continue their existence indefinitely. These subspecies, or evolutionary dead-ends, line the backstage, but can they be said to live in the same way?

[Simple game-in-progress for university. Serves as movement prototypes/coding exercises in preparation for my master's thesis. Click to interact. Made with Godot.)