It is a program which draws the biomorphs based on parametric plots of Fourier sine and cosine series and let's you play with them using the genetic algorithm. The system consists of a compiler for the Cellang cellular automata programming language, along with the corresponding documentation, viewer, and various tools. Postscript versions of the tutorial and language reference manual are available for those wanting more detailed information. Cyphesis will aims to achieve 'live' virtual worlds. Animals will have young, prey on each other and eventually die.
Plants grow, flower, bear fruit and even die just as they do in real life.
When completed, NPCs in Cyphesis will do all sorts of interesting things like attempt to acomplish ever-changing goals that NPCs set for themselves, gossip to PCs and other NPCs, live, die and raise children. Cyphesis aims to make NPCs act just like you and me. But it IS meant to allow the easy editing and viewing of Life objects and has some powerful features. The related dblifelib package is a library of Life objects to use with the program. The related dblife package contains a Life program which can read the objects in the Library.