CAOS Language Guide

Brain Info

Name	Description
These are the lobes in a generation 1 creature
PERCEPTION	Inputs into concept space and is a combination of inputs from other lobes. This lobe must be lobe 0
DRIVE	Monitors drive status – contributes to decision making
SOURCE	Who stimulus came from and how strongly – contributes to attention shift
VERB	Detects verbs spoken – contributes to decision making
NOUN	Detects nouns spoken – contributes to attention shift
SENSE	General sensory inputs about the environment, myself and IT
DECISION	What to do
ATTENTION	What to attend to or seek out
SANDRABELLUM	Completely detached. Acts as a mass to which chemo-regulators can attach.

Neurone Number	Action
The neurones for these two lobes correspond with the actions that a creature can take.
0	Quiescent, either introspective or extraspective depending on whether there is an _IT_ the creature is looking at.
1	Activate 1
2	Activate 2
3	Deactivate
4	Approach
5	Retreat
6	Get
7	Drop
8	Express Need
9	Rest
10	Travel West
11	Travel East
12	Eat
13	Hit

Neurone Number	Drive
The neurones for this lobe correspond with the possible drives a creature can feel.
0	PAIN
1	NEEDFORPLEASURE
2	HUNGER
3	COLDNESS
4	HOTNESS
5	TIREDNESS
6	SLEEPINESS
7	LONELINESS
8	OVERCROWDEDNESS
9	FEAR
10	BOREDOM
11	ANGER
12	SEXDRIVE,
13	INJURY
14	SUFFOCATION
15	THIRST
16	STRESS

Neurone Number		Meaning	Description
These neurones are the perceptions that a creature will use to form a view of the world, and the objects within it. (i.e. General sensory data about me, my environment and IT)
0	PAT		I've been patted on head
1	SLAP		I've been slapped on bum
2	BUMPED		I've hit a wall
3	NEARWALL		I am this near to a wall
4	INVEHICLE		I am inside a vehicle
5	USERSPOKE		pointer has spoken (command)
6	CREATURESPOKE		another creature has spoken
7	MYKINDSPOKE		a creature of my species spoke
8	SOUND		an obj has emitted a sound
9	VISION		an obj has made a visible change
10	APPROACHING		IT is approaching
11	RETREATING		IT is moving away
12	ITNEARNESS		IT is this close to me
13	ITISACTIVE		IT is active1 or 2
14	ITISOBJECT		IT is a non-creature
15	ITISCREATURE		IT is a creature
16	ITISMYSIBLING		IT is my sister/brother
17	ITISMYPARENT		IT is my mother/father
18	ITISMYCHILD		IT is my son/daughter
19	ITISOPPOSITESEX		IT is a member of opposite sex and my genus
20	PUSHED		IT has pushed me
21	HIT		IT has hit me
22	SPARE4		placeholder
23	SPARE5		placeholder
24	SPARE6		placeholder
25	SPARE7		placeholder
26	SPARE8		placeholder
27	SPARE9		placeholder
28	APPROACHEDGE		I am approaching an edge
29	RETREATEDGE		I am retreating from an edge
30	FALLING		I am falling
31	IMPACT		I have hit the floor

Neurone Number	Corresponds with…
These neurone numbers correspond to the 40 categories of object a creature can learn about - these categories are from the word list
0	SELF - 'me'
1	SYSTEM - 'hand'
2	CALL BUTTON - 'button'
3	NATURE - 'nature'
4	GOOD PLANT - 'plant'
5	CREATURE EGG - 'egg'
6	PROCESSED FOOD - 'food'
7	DRINKS AND FOUNTAINS - 'drink'
8	FOOD DISPENSER - 'dispenser'
9	IMPLEMENTS AND DEVICES - 'implement'
10	CLIFF EDGE - 'cliff edge'
11	ROTTEN FOOD - 'detritus'
12	MEDICINAL POTIONS - 'medicine'
13	TOYS - 'toy'
14	CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION - 'weather'
15	BAD PLANT - 'badplant'
16	ANIMAL NEST - 'nest'
17	BAD BUG - 'badbug'
18	BUG - 'bug'
19	BAD CRITTER - 'badcritter'
20	CRITTER - 'critter'
21	SEEDS - 'seed'
22	LEAVES - 'leaf'
23	ROOT VEGETABLES - 'root'
24	FLOWERS - 'flower'
25	FRUIT - 'fruit'
26	VEHICLES - 'mover'
27	LIFTS AND UP/DOWN MOVERS - 'lift'
28	TEACHING DEVICES - 'computer'
29	VISUAL AIDS - 'mediabox'
30	POP-UP MESSAGE WINDOW - 'message'
31	LEFT/RIGHT MOVERS - 'leftright'
32	INCUBATORS AND EGG HATCHERS - 'incubator'
33	TELEPORTATION DEVICES - 'teleporter'
34	' '
35	HEAVY MACHINERY - 'machine'
36	NORNS - 'Norn'
37	GRENDELS - 'Grendel'
38	ETTINS - 'Ettin'
39	SHEE - 'Shee'