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Now I’m itching to muck with cellular automata. Anyone have any recommendations for engines (any language)?
by Waterluvian 4y ago
Now I’m itching to muck with cellular automata. Anyone have any recommendations for engines (any language)?
- pphysch 4y agoputchar
- Waterluvian 4y agoAhahaha. I mean with all the typical optimizations handled. Quadtree and such.
- xwdv 4y agoYou don’t really need an engine. You just need the right data structure to represent a cell and simple methods. What you may be asking about is visualization. In this case, just use simple drawning functions in a graphics library that will draw a pixel to a screen canvas at the cells coordinates. Update on each tick.
- Avicebron 4y agoI'd use js/typescript/webpack if I wanted to set up something quick
- JoeyBananas 4y agothe best program I'm aware of is called Golly
- d11z 4y agoI agree Golly is the best for specifically cellular automata, but I came across this program called Visions of Chaos and I was shocked to see it essentially supports any and all types of simulation/generative/procedural/AI solvers and renderers OOTB (it downloads them as needed the first time you use each one) and it seems to have new updates almost every time I open the software. Seriously amazing for not only fun but easy access to preconfigured solvers if you want to quickly test out ideas, plus it’s packed with presets too. I’ve racked up many hours using it since finding out about it a few months ago, highly recommend. Their website lists all the features right on the homepage: https://www.softology.pro/voc.htm https://www.softology.pro/voc.htm It even has all the latest in ML, I use it to launch Stable Diffusion and CLIP all the time.
- ineptech 4y agoMan, you weren't kidding, thanks for posting this.