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+++ title = "cellular automata toys in löve2d" date = "2022-09-15" description = "a short announcement post for a few interactive cellular automata toys written in lua" [taxonomies] tags = ["cellular-automata", "lua", "löve2d"] [extra] hero = true +++

The oracle reading the future from Conway's Game of Life, technomancer aesthetic, digital illustration, 8k uhd - generated using Stable Diffusion

The oracle reading the future from Conway's Game of Life, technomancer aesthetic, digital illustration, 8k uhd - generated using Stable Diffusion

after reading Andrew Healey's blog post about Langton's Ant, 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. 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.