https://github.com/jasonwebb/cellular-automata-explorer

(WIP) An interactive web app for exploring cellular automata.
https://github.com/jasonwebb/cellular-automata-explorer

cellular-automata cellular-automaton game-of-life glsl javascript morphogenesis shaders threejs webgl

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(WIP) An interactive web app for exploring cellular automata.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jasonwebb/cellular-automata-explorer
• Owner: jasonwebb
• Created: 2020-07-18T03:08:09.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-02-02T01:27:36.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-14T14:55:27.241Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Topics: cellular-automata, cellular-automaton, game-of-life, glsl, javascript, morphogenesis, shaders, threejs, webgl
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://jasonwebb.github.io/cellular-automata-explorer
• Size: 1.7 MB
• Stars: 18
• Watchers: 0
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
## What is cellular automata?

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## How does this project work?

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## Technical notes

### Setting up and running locally.

1. Run `npm install` to get all packages.

1. Run `npm run serve` to start up the Webpack server and launch the app ina  live-reloading browser window.

### Technologies used

* [ThreeJS](https://threejs.org/) for WebGL conveniences like running custom shaders and managing uniforms.

* [GLSL](https://www.khronos.org/opengl/wiki/Core_Language_(GLSL)) shaders for running the reaction-diffusion equation for every pixel of the screen and rendering.

* Vanilla ES6 JavaScript.

* [@kchapelier](https://github.com/kchapelier)'s [cellular-automata-rule-parser](https://github.com/kchapelier/cellular-automata-rule-parser) to convert human-friendly rule definition strings into normalized parametric objects that make driving the simulation simpler.

* [Webpack](https://webpack.js.org/) build system with live-reloading dev server.

* [Github Pages](https://pages.github.com/) to serve the files.