Observed arrival · 2026-10-22
TapeFly gives a fruit fly an 11-gate brain
An interactive game lets you tune a fruit fly’s instincts, then watch its NAND-gate brain try to survive a terrarium.
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- Players curious about logic circuits and tiny games
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- The page says its official test circuit has not been fabricated on TapeOut; players can submit their own.
Field notes
The four controls cover feeding, fleeing, jumping, and exploring; the page notes that more active instincts are not necessarily better. It displays a 3,773 circuit score, calculated from gate count and depth, and links to a brain editor. The site says the official brain is a tested circuit but has not been fabricated on TapeOut; users can choose to submit their own.
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