we would like to ask some experienced folks out there to coordinate our project, which is a virtual environment inhabited by three creatures and based on a food-chain relationships (mouse eats cheese, cat eats mouse, dog eats cat). all we need is a person/people who will sort of tell us which way to go and give some advice. no specific coding or anything like that. thanx in advance

Sounds like the normal dining philosophers problem that's normally associated with OS work (Threads and reasources).

http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/d/di/dining_philosophers_problem.html
http://www.math-cs.gordon.edu/courses/cs322/projects/p2/dp/

Those are a couple of links that I feel are okay. If you don't see the similarity just ask I usually connect some dots others don't. I hope this helps you.