Experiments

V36: Egocentric Affect Trajectory

V36: Egocentric Affect Trajectory

Status: Complete visualization data. Substrate: base architecture using the pre-evolved seed 23 population, the all-time high-integration lineage.

established that integration is biographical, but aggregate cycle metrics still hide the phenomenology of the trajectory. records per-timestep data for a focal agent across normal foraging, pre-drought abundance, drought onset, recovery, and late-stage dynamics. Its purpose is not to introduce a new mechanism; it makes the mechanism inspectable.

Output: 16 recorded cycles with per-timestep position, energy, internal state, local resource context, action, prediction, and affect coordinates suitable for 3D rendering and narrative-free inspection. This is the bridge between the statistical claim ("mean drought bounce predicts category") and the visual claim ("integration is a path through viability space").

Source code

Study record — canonical metadata, result path, status, seeds, and key finding.