diff --git a/src/game-loop/game-loop.ts b/src/game-loop/game-loop.ts
index 2d5a60f..3f3bc84 100644
--- a/src/game-loop/game-loop.ts
+++ b/src/game-loop/game-loop.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ export default class GameLoop {
       return {
         position,
         angle: angle + Math.PI,
+        species: 0,
+        timeToLive: Random.randomBetween(2, 10),
       };
     });
   }
diff --git a/src/pipelines/agents/agent-pipeline.ts b/src/pipelines/agents/agent-pipeline.ts
index 00994c6..42e5d01 100644
--- a/src/pipelines/agents/agent-pipeline.ts
+++ b/src/pipelines/agents/agent-pipeline.ts
@@ -34,24 +34,23 @@ export class AgentPipeline {
       usage: GPUBufferUsage.UNIFORM | GPUBufferUsage.COPY_DST,
     });
 
-    const serializedAgents = new Float32Array(
-      new ArrayBuffer(agents.length * AGENT_SIZE_IN_BYTES)
-    );
-    agents.forEach((agent, i) => {
-      serializedAgents[(i * AGENT_SIZE_IN_BYTES) / Float32Array.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT + 0] =
-        agent.position[0];
-      serializedAgents[(i * AGENT_SIZE_IN_BYTES) / Float32Array.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT + 1] =
-        agent.position[1];
-      serializedAgents[(i * AGENT_SIZE_IN_BYTES) / Float32Array.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT + 2] =
-        agent.angle;
-    });
-
     this.agentsBuffer = device.createBuffer({
       size: agents.length * AGENT_SIZE_IN_BYTES,
-      usage: GPUBufferUsage.STORAGE | GPUBufferUsage.COPY_SRC | GPUBufferUsage.COPY_DST,
+      usage: GPUBufferUsage.STORAGE,
+      mappedAtCreation: true,
     });
 
-    device.queue.writeBuffer(this.agentsBuffer, 0, serializedAgents.buffer);
+    new Float32Array(this.agentsBuffer.getMappedRange()).set(
+      agents.flatMap((agent) => [
+        agent.position[0],
+        agent.position[1],
+        agent.angle,
+        agent.species,
+        agent.timeToLive,
+        0, // padding
+      ])
+    );
+    this.agentsBuffer.unmap();
   }
 
   public setParameters({
diff --git a/src/pipelines/agents/agent.ts b/src/pipelines/agents/agent.ts
index 007c3e7..2f4cd1a 100644
--- a/src/pipelines/agents/agent.ts
+++ b/src/pipelines/agents/agent.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { vec2 } from 'gl-matrix';
 export interface Agent {
   position: vec2;
   angle: number;
+  species: number;
+  timeToLive: number;
 }
 
-export const AGENT_SIZE_IN_BYTES = 4 * 4;
+export const AGENT_SIZE_IN_BYTES = 6 * Float32Array.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT;
diff --git a/src/pipelines/agents/agent.wgsl b/src/pipelines/agents/agent.wgsl
index e547a67..884abe2 100644
--- a/src/pipelines/agents/agent.wgsl
+++ b/src/pipelines/agents/agent.wgsl
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 struct Agent {
   position: vec2<f32>,
   angle: f32,
+  species: f32,
+  timeToLive: f32
 }
 
 struct Settings {
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ fn main(@builtin(global_invocation_id) global_id : vec3<u32>) {
 
   var agent = agents[id];
 
-  let random = f32(hash(id + u32(settings.time * 10000 + agent.position.y * 10 + agent.position.x))) / 4294967295.0;
+  let random = random(id + u32(settings.time * 10000 + agent.position.y * 10 + agent.position.x));
 
   let weightForward : f32 = sense(agent, 0.);
   let weightLeft : f32 = sense(agent, settings.sensorAngle);
@@ -54,28 +56,27 @@ fn main(@builtin(global_invocation_id) global_id : vec3<u32>) {
   textureStore(
     TrailMapOut, 
     vec2<i32>(newPos * settings.size),
-    vec4(vec3<f32>(1.) * settings.trailWeight * 0.02, 1.)
+    vec4(1)
   );
 
   agent.position = newPos;
   agents[id] = agent;
 }
 
-fn hash(state0 : u32) -> u32 {
-  // Hash function www.cs.ubc.ca/~rbridson/docs/schechter-sca08-turbulence.pdf
-  var state : u32 = state0;
-  state = state ^ 2747636419u;
-  state = state * 2654435769u;
-  state = state ^ (state >> 16u);
-  state = state * 2654435769u;
-  state = state ^ (state >> 16u);
-  state = state * 2654435769u;
-  return state;
-}
-
 fn sense(agent : Agent, sensorAngleOffset : f32) -> f32 {
   let sensorAngle : f32 = agent.angle + sensorAngleOffset;
   let sensorDir : vec2<f32> = vec2(cos(sensorAngle), sin(sensorAngle)) / normalize(settings.size);
   let sensorPos : vec2<f32> = agent.position + sensorDir * settings.sensorOffsetDst;
   return textureLoad(TrailMapIn, vec2<i32>(sensorPos * settings.size), 0).x;  
 }
+
+fn random(state0 : u32) -> f32 {
+  var state : u32 = state0;
+  state = state ^ 2747636419u;
+  state = state * 2654435769u;
+  state = state ^ (state >> 16u);
+  state = state * 2654435769u;
+  state = state ^ (state >> 16u);
+  state = state * 2654435769u;
+  return f32(state) / 4294967295.0;
+}
diff --git a/src/pipelines/diffusion/diffuse.wgsl b/src/pipelines/diffusion/diffuse.wgsl
index 30e7d2c..d3a830d 100644
--- a/src/pipelines/diffusion/diffuse.wgsl
+++ b/src/pipelines/diffusion/diffuse.wgsl
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ fn fragment(@location(0) uv: vec2<f32>) -> @location(0) vec4<f32> {
     + textureSample(trailMap, Sampler, uv + vec2<f32>(0, -1) / settings.size)
     + textureSample(trailMap, Sampler, uv + vec2<f32>(-1, 0) / settings.size)
     + textureSample(trailMap, Sampler, uv + vec2<f32>(1, 0) / settings.size)
-  );
+  ) / 4;
 
   let mixed = mix(
     current,
-    neighbours / 4.0,
+    neighbours,
     settings.diffusionRate
   ) * (1.0 - settings.decayRate);
 
diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index 21f9b04..d51adb2 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -3,18 +3,19 @@ import { AgentSettings } from './pipelines/agents/agent-settings';
 import { BrushSettings } from './pipelines/brush/brush-settings';
 import { DiffusionSettings } from './pipelines/diffusion/diffusion-settings';
 import { RenderSettings } from './pipelines/render/render-settings';
+import { rgb255 } from './utils/colors/rgb255';
 
 export const settings: GameLoopSettings &
   AgentSettings &
   BrushSettings &
   DiffusionSettings &
   RenderSettings = {
-  agentCount: 1_000,
+  agentCount: 1_000_000,
   renderSpeed: 1,
   startingRadius: 0.15,
 
-  brushWidth: 20,
-  brushBlurWidth: 5,
+  brushWidth: 30,
+  brushBlurWidth: 8,
 
   trailWeight: 5,
   moveSpeed: 0.025,
@@ -22,6 +23,15 @@ export const settings: GameLoopSettings &
   sensorAngleDegrees: 30,
   sensorOffsetDst: 0.025,
 
-  decayRate: 0.005,
+  decayRate: 0.01,
   diffusionRate: 0.8,
 };
+
+const paletteMap = {
+  blue: rgb255(0, 110, 202),
+  red: rgb255(232, 141, 122),
+  green: rgb255(90, 188, 94),
+  purple: rgb255(161, 90, 188),
+  yellow: rgb255(255, 204, 0),
+  beige: rgb255(229, 204, 175),
+};