Parametric Creature: Lab

Parametric Creature: Lab

Ni Hao · December 4, 2021 · Simulation, Exploration, Sandbox, Physics, Relaxing

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Parametric Creature: Lab price by region

Parametric Creature: Lab costs $3.29 in Georgia (USD), £4.29 in the United Kingdom, $4.99 in the United States, €4.99 in Europe (EUR), CA$6.49 in Canada, NZ$7.39 in New Zealand, A$7.50 in Australia, R$16.99 in Brazil and zł22.99 in Poland right now.

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Georgia (USD) $3.29 $3.29 — 1
United Kingdom £4.29 £4.29 — 1
United Statesyour region $4.99 $4.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €4.99 €4.99 — 1
Canada CA$6.49 CA$6.49 — 1
New Zealand NZ$7.39 NZ$7.39 — 1
Australia A$7.50 A$7.50 — 1
Brazil R$16.99 R$16.99 — 1
Poland zł22.99 zł22.99 — 1

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About Parametric Creature: Lab

✦ AI summary

Parametric Creature: Lab lets you manipulate over 15,000 AI-driven particles across three types to create and observe emergent swarm behaviors, from ant colonies to bird flocks, by tweaking eight parameters that govern their interactions. Watch simple individual rules evolve into breathtaking complex group dynamics while you drag sliders to explore the mathematics of life, biodiversity, and natural systems in real-time.

Cohesion, Alignment, Separation...... In this game, more than 15k particles of three types wander around the screen, each controlled by eight different parameters, together forming a complex and interesting bionic system.

You will get a glimpse of many interesting laws of nature in the work, which are simple rules for individuals that evolve into complex group behaviors. From the smallest cell division and ant pathfinding to the largest crowd gathering and dispersing and bird migration. Players can twist knobs and adjust parameters to explore the metaphor of life and explore biodiversity in advanced parallel algorithms.

Core Features and Gameplay

  • Each particle can observe a certain range of neighbors and react
  • Drag the knob with the mouse to change the genome of the particle swarm, creating countless different combinations
  • Swipe the screen to move the position of the particles to create the particle shape you expect
  • Browse several exquisite presets, render high-definition pictures, save and share
  • Import and export parameters through the clipboard and share with others

Parametric Life is an exploratory project based on the study of complex systems, and we hope you can create your favorite parameters in it, release stress and have fun!

Parametric Creature: Lab — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS
Steam Deck
Verified
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Jun 1, 2024
make bug, watch bug, make new bug
2 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 2, 2024
Well worth the $1, I've amassed an army of many organisms.
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Dec 27, 2025
Unfortunately very shallow, which I suppose is reflected in the price. If it was free I'd recommend it, but I don't see a reason why you wouldn't want to play any other tech demo, when most of them are free.
Recommended Nov 20, 2024
Fun little game to wait for something. Would make for a killer wallpaper.
Recommended Jun 28, 2024
It's fine, good to waste a few minutes.
Recommended Mar 13, 2024
It's more or less a desk toy and for that it's a good one. At $1 I'd recommend it to anyone.

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