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Author: FRA32 Group: Technical Filesize: 44.36 kB Date added: 2016-09-17 Rating: 6 Downloads: 1530 Views: 487 Comments: 9 Ratings: 3 Times favored: 0 Made with: Algodoo v2.1.0 Tags:
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Yet another cellular automata(or something similar to that), this time the so called Langtons Ant. It is a simulation where an entity, the "ant", moves depending on the pixels. If it hits a black pixel, it turns 90° to the right and goes forward, else it turns left and goes forward. In both cases, the color of the pixel is inverted. Try fast-forwarding and leaving the scene running a while, and you will see that after a while, the ant starts building a "road" that goes on to infinity. I may extend this scene to enable customizing the ant, allowing the general langtons ant to run. When extended, there exist more than 2 states for the pixels, and everytime the ant hits the pixel, it first does a specific task you decide, and then cycles the color of the pixel 1 step further. this way you can make different shapes, most of them resulting in chaos, some in a "road", and some in some regular pattern. I will first think about this extension, since it requires some way of programming the cycle, and I only want to do that if people want to see such a thing(ain't got much time, so I want it to be worth it).
Nontheless, enjoy the scene, and remember to leave it running a while to see what the ant builds after a while. |