EVOLUTION 10 is an evolution based game for COMMODORE 64 home computer. In this game the player assumes the role of “selective pressure” in the evolution of a species. Given a target objective, he/she will have to choose two specimens from those proposed so that they can reproduce themselves and so he/she approaches to the expected result. This game is designed for a single player and it is text-based.

Click here to read the instructions on how to play, and here to download the disk image (D64 format).

This game was created to participate in the "BASIC10Liner" competition 2021. Since it joined this competition, the game itself is modest in size, the given source code respects strong constraints on the length of each line (category: PUR-120 (proof)) and it does not rely on third party libraries.

For those wishing to deepen the details of its implementation please refer to the following documents:

• the source code
• EVOLUTION 10'S GENOTYPE AND PHENOTYPE article.