Glossary

Grossary

• Tick - is the activation of a creature’s neural network. During a tick, the creature receives sensory inputs, processes them through its neural pathways, and calculates output neuron values. This results in the selection and execution of a specific action. In essence, a tick represents one moment of thought and behaviour for a creature.

• Simulation round (or just round) - is a single step in the simulation timeline. Each round allows the world and all creatures to perform actions. During a round, every creature may experience a tick, and the simulation updates the global environment, manages ageing, memory decay, reproduction opportunities, and other time-based processes.