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title = "cellular automata toys in löve2d"
date = "2022-09-15"
[taxonomies]
tags = ["cellular-automata", "lua", "löve2d"]
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hero = true
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<figure>
<img class="hero" alt="The oracle reading the future from Conway's Game of Life, technomancer aesthetic, digital illustration, 8k uhd - generated using Stable Diffusion" src=hero.png />
<figcaption><h4><i>The oracle reading the future from Conway's Game of Life, technomancer aesthetic, digital illustration, 8k uhd</i> - generated using Stable Diffusion</h4></figcaption>
</figure>

after reading [Andrew Healey's blog post about Langton's Ant](https://healeycodes.com/virtual-ants), i found myself inspired to reimplement some of his work. i've read numerous rave reviews of löve2d for writing simple toys, so i decided to give that a shot here as well. Langton's Ant went well enough that i also implemented Life and Wireworld.

[check the toys out here; there are instructions for running with löve2d directly or using nix](https://git.mat.services/mat/love-cellular-automata). the code is hosted on a personal instance of gitea, so if you want to collaborate or share feedback, you'll have to request an account or shoot me an email.