Posted by Phil on July 28, 2003 at 03:03:35:
In Reply to: Themes posted by Al on July 28, 2003 at 02:35:54:
Interesting idea! I also liked the one down below about doing simple psych tests (favourite colour, shape, food, book, film etc) and only allowing poems rated highly by similar people to mate. This would enable poems to exploit particular combinations of character traits as an ecological niche.
(not my idea but i want to keep it near the top of the board :)
: I wondered what the effect might be if two or three pools were run in parallel against different wallpapers. I guess a flowery background might favour selection of love imagery, something darker and more intimidating might encourage a war theme. It might be interesting to see if these skew the choices. At the moment the background is totally non-emotive (which I guess is probably deliberate). Because there is only one pool all themes must develop in parallel, which sit strangely in some of the breedings. This is an interesting project and I will definitely be checking back.