I am not the author, I just remembered about this submission. Also, I find it fascinating that there are so many ways to approach building this kind of simulator.
Thanks! I agree, there's a surprising amount of tinkering going on in this space and everyone's got a different approach. I'm determined to see it as a lot of opportunity not a lot of competition :D
I think I am going to go ask r/antkeeping what they think makes ants cool and see if there are more emergent behaviors beyond pathfinding that are relevant.
I am not the author, I just remembered about this submission. Also, I find it fascinating that there are so many ways to approach building this kind of simulator.