def replicate(self, mutation_chance=None):
"""Create a new gene with a mutation_chance to flip one bit"""
if mutation_chance is None:
mutation_chance = self.default_mutation_chance
new_value = self.value
if chance_allowed(mutation_chance):
mutating_bit = get_random_positive_int(self.gene_size)
new_value = flip_bit(self.value, mutating_bit)
return SimpleRandomGene(new_value)
def chance_replicate(self):
if chance_allowed(self.replication_chance):
return ProtoLifeForm(self.replication_chance, self.genes)
def chance_die(self):
if chance_allowed(self.death_chance):
return True
return False
def chance_create_new():
if chance_allowed(ProtoLifeForm.formation_chance):
return ProtoLifeForm()
def advance(self):
self.environment.update()
for area in self.environment.fuzzy_iter(10):
if chance_allowed(self.creature_spawn_chance):
self._create_creature(area.random_location(), Creature())