Creature Labs was a company based in Cambridge

Cambridge

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, England

England

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 which was set up to develop the artificial life

Artificial life

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 technology created by Steve Grand

Steve Grand

Steve Grand OBE is an English computer scientist and an internationally recognised roboticist. He was the creator and lead programmer of the Creatures artificial life simulation, which he discussed in his first book Creation: Life and how to make it, a finalist for the 2001 Aventis Prize for...

. The most famous of its products was the Creatures

Creatures (artificial life program)

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 series of artificial life simulations/games, although the company developed a range of standard computer games

Computer Games

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 (including the foundation of BAMZOOKi

BAMZOOKi

Bamzooki was a mixed Reality television gameshow on the BBC which features a toolkit developed by Gameware Development. The first series aired in March 2004 on CBBC. The show was presented by Jake Humphrey. It has occasionally featured specials with Sophie McDonnell. In July 2008, it was announced...

), and for a while pursued research into applications of artificial life technologies.

Today, the company's assets are owned by Gameware Development, a company formed in part by previous employees of Creature Labs (then named Entraline after a previous reorganization) shortly after its liquidation in April 2003.

External links

• Gameware Development
• Creature Labs at the Creatures Wiki