config.gcfg

; Configuration file for goBrains

[General]
ScreenWidth = 1920 ; Width of the screen
ScreenHeight = 1080 ; Height of the screen

[Entity]
InitialCreatures = 40 ; Number of creatures to start with
InitialFood = 50 ; Number of food blobs to start with
BreedingRate = 150 ; Spawn a new creature every this many ticks
FoodSpawnRate = 200 ; Spawn a new food blob every this many ticks
FoodSize = 1000 ; Spawn food blobs of this capacity

[Genetics]
MutationRate = 500 ; 1/n chance of a bit flipping during mutation phase of breeding


;; The following settings are internal and technical.
;; Here be dragons. Change these settings with care.

[Brain]
ChargeDecayRate = 0.02 ; Charge decays at this rate per tick
synapseMaxCharge = 1.0 ; Synapses hold a maximum of this much charge
SynapseOutputScale = 0.1 ; The proportion of a synapses charge given to it's output per tick
NodeFiringThreshold = 1.0 ; The amount of charge a node needs before it will fire
NodeFiringStrength = 0.8 ; The amount of charge a node will give to it's output when it fires