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Cellauto.js – a library for creating cellular automata simulations in JavaScript

sanojian.github.io

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This is similar to: http://rileyjshaw.com/terra/

Love the examples on this page!

As the author of Terra, I'm surprised to see how similar the API for cellauto is... and by that I mean it's nearly identical :-P sanojian, were you aware of Terra while writing this?

Hi yes, I need to attribute to you in some way. I did look at terra.js before writing cellauto.js and used some of your excellent API ideas. I will put you in the README.md with a link to terra. Is there anywhere else you want to be attributed?

Cool, thanks! Happy to have helped out. A little section on the site under About and on the README should be fine :)

Done and done. Let me know if you want it anywhere else and thanks for writing terra! :-)

Impressive work everyone! At first glance, its hard to tell the libraries apart, but I have noticed some subtle differences. I wonder if, as authors, either of you would be willing to elaborate further?

Make me to remember a game from Cactus, Dear Agent! http://cactusquid.blogspot.com/2010_10_01_archive.html?m=1 or the PixelJunk game Shooter http://pixeljunk.jp/library/Shooter

Nice work!

I always wondered how simple fluid physics worked. I actually brute forced my way through my own ECA implementation back in college, and never made the connection. Upon loading the page and seeing the fluid example, I had one of those zen koan enlightenment moments. Thank you for posting this.

This looks really good. The pixelated water simulations gave me flashbacks of a Acorn game called Cataclysm[0].

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMlZ2MwYvuA

Very neat, but it doesn't have any idea of water pressure so a common V pattern that appeared in the caves don't equal out. Anyone know the best way to simulate that?

I would like to know that, too.

You would have to add the weight of the material and track the pressure of each cell along.

Also, you could introduce a 'firmness' factor, so that the rock would break at some pressure level.

The rain example is great. Reminds me of minecraft.

Quick, somebody make a game out of it!

Look forward to seeing the next version of this Library!

Can you build other examples?

I am the author of this library. I would love to add more examples. What would you like to see?

I would love to see 3D caves with water!

A traffic model

Fire

I added a forest fire example. That is maybe not what you meant. I will work on a campfire in 2D type fire next which is what you probably meant.

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