Very cool! It reminds me of the game of life
For anyone that would like a glimpse of what this looks like in action without downloading anything, there are many videos on the tutorial pages [0]
In part 3, the tutorials show a simulation of growing a flatworm [1], and a flatworm growing a second head [2]
[0] http://www.cycell2d.com/tutorial.html [1] https://youtu.be/-cK64r_FQS0 [2] https://youtu.be/LBeMur1mJVk