[zwaps]

So far, they are replicating known results from evolutionary game theory (pacifism & niches) to economics (distance & diversification).

I wonder when and if they will surprise some novel results.

[jsuarez5341]

Well aware of a ton of results in older Alife work. A main goal here was to couple the ideas there with MMOs. I think a lot of older Alife projects puttered out because it was not clear where to take the environment next. In contrast, MMOs are an established game genre that we know how to build out and develop in order to support more and more complex play.