CellCulTuring
Games
cellular automaton game
SHOW HN2019
225points
33comments
#166of 2,195 in 2019
Top 8%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
5 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.41.
Design: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
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Impressive and beautiful implementation
From 3 comments
I'd been explaining sonic booms and high explosives to my kids, and thought that showing them a simulation of wavefront propagation might be a fun way to illustrate how they…
uranium on HNThis is remarkably beautiful. Could you, perhaps, give some detail as to how it functions? I see wave propagation, but I'm interested in the state dynamics of a particular cell.
imode on HNThis is awesome. Now I am wondering if you could do effectively the same thing in Conway’s game of life, where if you zoomed out far enough you would see the game’s graphics.
baddox on HN
Debug colors and scoreboard are a delight to watch
From 2 comments
That is pretty dang incredible. I love the debugging colors etc. Maybe someone has already done this but I'm surprised someone hasn't made an LLVM -> Life compiler just because.…
tokyodude on HNYes, everything inside the canvas is part of the same giant automaton, and follows the same rules. In fact, @imode, if you want to look at one of the smaller state machines, look…
uranium on HN
Questions
How does the state machine work for individual cells?
From 1 comment
This is remarkably beautiful. Could you, perhaps, give some detail as to how it functions? I see wave propagation, but I'm interested in the state dynamics of a particular cell.
imode on HN
Could doubles play or extra balls be added by changing initial state?
From 1 comment
So, could we get a second paddle near the net for doubles play, a second ball, extra scoring zones, just by changing the initial state?
Someone on HN
Alternatives named
Dave Ackley's Movable Feast Machine
From 1 comment
This is super cool! By any chance have you seen Dave Ackley's Movable Feast Machine and related projects? He's working on some similar ideas – cellular automata with different…
sgentle on HN
Wireworld and The Powder Toy
From 2 comments
Wow, that's awesome. The score display makes me think of some of the stuff that's been done in Wireworld:…
taneq on HNThe Powder Toy includes Wireworld elements, among other electronic bits: https://powdertoy.co.uk/Wiki/W/Elements:Electronics.html#WireWorld_Wire
rzzzt on HN