Show HN: My weekend project, a graphics/cellular automata playground

by daeken • 15 years ago

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daeken5• 15 years ago

This is a quick, dirty hack I wrote up using JS. It's based on Langton's ant, but adds a lot of new, fun stuff. You can do all sorts of interesting things with it -- a command reference is included. The "docs" were written in 5 minutes, so feel free to ask for clarification. Enjoy!

One of my favorites: http://demoseen.com/langton.html#+..............................

Maciek4162• 15 years ago

This is awesome. I'd love to add color generation options.

Here's my favorite so far:

http://demoseen.com/langton.html#*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/....

[EDIT: and its cousin: http://demoseen.com/langton.html#*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/....+-+... ]

daeken5• 15 years ago

I've been thinking about color stuff, but just can't come up with how to really do it. However, I think sub-45-degree turning is gonna happen soon. Probably 15-degree to start, and see what can happen there. 45 degree turns do provide some fun stuff, though...

Edit: Just made a small change that will make things look prettier, though. If you have the command string XYZW, the command string XYZWXYZW is 100% equivalent, except for the shading (due to the cell values looping around). So when you put in a command string, it's automagickly extended to > 64 bytes now, guaranteeing smooth shading.

solipsist• 15 years ago

Awesome! I love the ease in which you can send other people your creations using the urls. I wonder if anyone would be up for developing this same type of project, but centered around Conway's Game of Life instead (one of my favorite cellular automata).

nitefly• 15 years ago

I love it! How about the addition of a stop button?

daeken5• 15 years ago

Done, thanks!

shadowpwner• 15 years ago

It's beautiful.

topherjaynes• 15 years ago

My favorite: http://demoseen.com/langton.html#*/*/.......*/*/*/*/............

joshu• 15 years ago

ideas:

allow number suffixes to mean a repeat of the previous token.

.6 would be equal to ......

also, allow the ant bomb with a number to only allow that many ants. @4 means kill this ant if there are more than four.

maybe allow subgrouping?

[+........]12 means 12 of these?

random numbers: .{13,24} means between 13 and 24 of .?

Wilduck• 15 years ago

Tiny circles: http://demoseen.com/langton.html#/<./<...

chaosfox• 15 years ago

awesome, I made a virus: http://demoseen.com/langton.html#+>$!-=

wlievens• 15 years ago

Nice. I like the "organic" feel of the images you get.

http://demoseen.com/langton.html#+/.<..<....++..........

Show HN: My weekend project, a graphics/cellular automata playground

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