<s>
Gene	B-Application
Pool	I-Application
is	O
an	O
artificial	O
life	O
simulation	B-Application
created	O
by	O
Jeffrey	O
Ventrella	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Swimming	O
"	O
is	O
not	O
explicitly	O
defined	O
:	O
the	O
ability	O
of	O
locomotion	O
to	O
pursue	O
mates	O
and	O
food	O
emerges	O
through	O
natural	B-Application
selection	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
origins	O
of	O
Gene	B-Application
Pool	I-Application
are	O
based	O
in	O
Ventrella	O
's	O
research	O
using	O
genetic	B-Algorithm
algorithms	I-Algorithm
in	O
real-time	O
computer	O
animation	O
while	O
at	O
the	O
MIT	O
Media	O
Lab	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Rocket	O
Science	O
Games	O
,	O
Ventrella	O
created	O
the	O
simulation/game	O
Darwin	O
Pond	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Research	O
behind	O
these	O
new	O
features	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
artificial	O
life	O
and	O
virtual	B-Application
world	I-Application
conference	O
proceedings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
as	O
a	O
Windows	O
application	O
in	O
C	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
were	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
including	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
Mac	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
was	O
later	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
but	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
Gene	B-Application
Pool	I-Application
was	O
published	O
as	O
a	O
web	O
page	O
at	O
swimbots.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
written	O
in	O
pure	O
vanilla	O
JavaScript/HTML/CSS	O
using	O
the	O
HTML5	B-Language
canvas	I-Language
,	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
2021	O
for	O
developers	O
to	O
extend	O
its	O
functionality	O
,	O
under	O
the	B-License
MIT	I-License
License	I-License
with	O
the	O
Commons	O
Clause	O
.	O
</s>
