God vs Evolution

lab · software · local first 2D side view geology / ecology prototype

God vs Evolution (GVSE) is a local first research prototype: a side view voxel landscape that tries to accumulate readable geological history without blowing up numerically or drifting mass.

Active stack (Rust): wk-voxel + wk-voxel-app (Macroquad editor), with shared materials in wk-material. Water, grain, climate, organisms, and geotech sit on a 2D cell grid (1 cell ≈ 0.25 m). An older column based sim was deleted once the voxel kernel took over.

Also appears in studio budgets as GvsE Sim tied to the upcoming Permeable Membranes research, this lab page is the software test view, not the exhibition.

Gallery: running build test views from the Mac laptop (sun, slope, rooted plants, waterline, minimap) plus later terrain stills and one HUD frame with block / climate overlays.

Run

cargo run --release -p wk-voxel-app

Tab for settings, Space pause, R regenerate; overlays for humidity / wind / temperature / geotech. Full controls and design notes live in the repo docs/.

https://github.com/kaare-/GVSE

GVSE test view — slope into water with rooted green-capped plants

GVSE test view — hillside plants under sun

GVSE test view — hill cross-section with roots and minimap

GVSE test view — dense green canopy on a mound

GVSE test view — wide ridge of plants under sun

GVSE test view — mountain peak covered in sprouts

GVSE test view — rising slope with water at the base

GVSE test view — long slope with distant mountain haze

GVSE HUD — stone block inspector, climate bar, and hotkey strip over snowy ridge

GVSE terrain still — low sun over water and layered cliff

GVSE terrain still — basin with bright waterline under pale sun

GVSE terrain still — close pixel slope into a water gap

GVSE terrain still — rocky valley under clear sky

GVSE terrain still — vertical canyon between two cliffs

GVSE terrain still — steep dual slopes with blue sky