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## Creature Structure
Each creature is represented as a matrix of blocks in a 2D grid world
Each creature is represented as a matrix of blocks in a 2D grid, but all creatures and
structures only occupy one block in the world matrix.
There are three kinds of blocks:
- neuron blocks
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### Connection
Each block is connected to every other adiacent block
- Each block is connected to every other adiacent block (diagonals too), so each block has 9 connection weights.
`source block output ->>>- * weight ->>>- destination block`
- A connection has a weight, which is a floating point number.
- The connection outputs its source block's current stored signal multiplied by the weight.
- If the weight is `0`, then there's no connection
- the weight is a floating point number between -1 and 1 included.
### Signals
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### Sensor (Input) blocks
They give adiacent blocks a signal, for example:
They give adiacent blocks a signal.
- they communicate how far is the first block in a straight line
- they communicate the amount of blocks in relation to blank spaces in an area
Some examples:
- they communicate how far is the first structure in a straight line
- they communicate the amount of structures in relation to blank spaces in an area (popularity in an area)
- they communicate the color/type/activity of the first block in a straight line
- they communicate information about the presence of a particular kind of block in a direction
- they communicate information about the creature itself, like integrity of adiacent blocks
- they communicate information about the presence of a particular kind of structure in a direction
- they communicate information about the structure itself, like integrity of adiacent blocks
Generated signals are floating point numbers ranging from -1 to 1 included.
### Combined (Input+Output) blocks
They act as Sensor blocks and Action blocks at the same time.
Examples:
- a "mouth" block that can communicate wether food is available to eat and can receive eat commands at the same time
### Traversing the brain graph