The Infinite Monkey Experiment

It is an incremental browser-based game built on the infinite monkey theorem, where players manage a simulated monkey population to randomly type out Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Users acquire monkeys, allocate resources between breeding and typing, and track statistics like population size and birth rate. The goal is to recognize and lock in distinct words from the text to progress.

The game includes a recognition archive that lists words by their first appearance and value, with a current total of 0 of 3,685 distinct play words recognized. Players can view this dictionary and see how many times each word has been found so far. This feature allows users to track their progress toward completing the full text.

Users can purchase upgrades such as 'Faster births' for $8, which increases the birth rate by 160%, or 'Twin chance' for $3, which adds a 4% chance of two babies being born. Other available purchases include 'Reduced key travel' for $4 to increase typing speed by 40% and 'Character weighting' for $8 to improve character accuracy. These options allow players to customize their experiment's performance.

The current simulation shows a population of 10 monkeys, with 5 assigned to breeding and 5 to typing. The birth rate is currently 0.01 per second, resulting in a population growth of 0.060% per second. Typing output is 20 characters per second with a character accuracy of 3.70370%.

Players can adjust the breeding allocation, which currently sits at 50%, to balance between acquiring new monkeys and increasing the population through reproduction. Acquiring one monkey costs $1.00 and adds exactly one monkey to the experiment. This direct purchase mechanic allows users to manually grow their population.

The game displays a canonical target space frequency of 17.8%, which favors shorter words in the recognition process. Higher values in the typing output favor shorter words, helping players identify common terms faster. The model used is a direct character simulation to ensure accurate output.

The recognition archive currently shows the first 12 words, including 'a' valued at $1, 'ah' at $2, and 'am' at $2, among others. There are 308 pages of words available, with the current view showing words 1 through 12 of 3,685. Users can search the dictionary to find specific words.

The game saves progress locally, allowing players to reset the experiment at any time if they wish to restart. Users can also view the elapsed time, which currently shows 00:00:00. This local saving ensures data persistence without needing a server connection.

The official website of The Infinite Monkey Experiment is infinitemonkeyexperiment.com.

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