For the uninitiated, Nervana is an application which, in its final version, will attempt to simulate every aspect of an island. This includes all the flora and fauna - and even the desires which the most evolved inhabitants of the island, the Noble Apes, have. The final application is still in the theoretical development state, the most advanced version of the application available publicly is Nervana 0.2 BETA.
This version actually contains Noble Apes, which can be seen moving, by pressing Apple-2. They have only two governing rules, a fear of water and a fear of 'the edge of the Earth'.
Menu Short-cuts
Apple-1 Vector Mode
Apple-2 Contour/Ape Mode
Apple-P Pause
Apple-R Resume (from Pause)
Apple-U Update (screen)
Apple-N New (island)
Apple-Q Quit
When the application is Paused and in Contour/Ape Mode, the user can move the apes around. The arrow keys move the apes, the option-key with the up and down arrow will change between the apes and the option-key with the left and right arrows will change the direction the ape is facing.
The Update command (Apple-U) is designed to redraw the screen in the case of the screen being cleared.
A new island can be created mid-simulation, by pressing Apple-N. This will reset the island's NA population as we as the time.
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