I tried this as a college project inspired by the Roger Alsing post. Unfortunately I didn't create anything usable. If I was doing it again I'd use a SA approac

I tried this as a college project inspired by the Roger Alsing post. Unfortunately I didn't create anything usable. If I was doing it again I'd use a SA approach or pure hillclimbing like Alsing - as antirez points out in a sibling post, crossover between diverse individuals rarely gives viable offspring with this problem.