Multicellular Automata in p5

Spacebar to reset the sketch. Mouse over the canvas to disturb the cell states.

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This is a parametric multiple neighborhood cellular automata. Each grid cell is updated using a function z = f(x,y), where x is the sum of immediate neighbors, y is the sum of single-offset neighbors, and z is the new cell state. In this example, the function is encoded in a tiny 61-parameter neural network.

This sketch is a great example of complex behaviour arising from simple rules.

See also:

• Slackermanz
• Alex Mordvintsev
• Softology Blog