Observed arrival · 2026-10-01
Play Droso: a fruit fly’s 90-second scramble
A browser game asks you to steer a male fruit fly through a market stall using a simplified network based on real brain and nerve-cord cell types.
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- Players curious about fruit-fly neuroscience
- Worth noticing
- Its science note separates literature-based pathways from hand-tuned weights and additions made for play.
Field notes
The science note names pathways for walking, escape, feeding, and courtship, with citations to research papers and a preprint. It also marks the boundary between that material and the game model: weights are tuned for play, while hunger boosting, persistent arousal, and reflex fatigue are described as additions rather than connectome findings. The page says scores stay on the device and includes controls to copy a session log and verify a replay.
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