https://github.com/subwayman/langtons-ant

A simulator for Langton's Ant, made using a Python wrapper for the FLTK Toolkit.
https://github.com/subwayman/langtons-ant

fltk-toolkit grid langton-ant python python-wrapper simulation

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A simulator for Langton's Ant, made using a Python wrapper for the FLTK Toolkit.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/subwayman/langtons-ant
• Owner: SubwayMan
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-12-26T21:25:03.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-12-31T05:12:22.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-08T04:24:12.691Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: fltk-toolkit, grid, langton-ant, python, python-wrapper, simulation
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 16.6 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Langton's Ant

Langton's Ant is a simple set of rules that are imposed on an "ant" moving through a grid, leading to complex emergent behaviour.

# Program Features

  - Simulate behaviour of Langton's Ant

  - Change rules to observe varying emergent behaviour

  - Simulate at varying speeds

# Program use

- To get the code onto your machine, you can download git and directly clone this repository. This simulation requires PyFLTK preinstalled.

- If you have never used Git before, you can instead copy-paste the source code onto your own machine, save it as a new python script, and run it from there. Only the src/LangtonsAnt.py code is necessary.

- If using git, run simulation by going to the src directory and running the main script [Langton.py].

- Simulation can be started/paused with buttons. Upon pause, simulation can also be reset.

- Loaded simulation can be changed from the menu. Accepts a string of length 2-12 comprising of characters ["L", "R"] (case sensitive)

- Simulation speed can be controlled using slider on the bottom. slider is [logarithmic], ranging from 1-0.001s. (Innacurate, likely due to bottleneck from FLTK draw speeds)

# License

This program was constructed using a Python wrapper for the FLTK toolkit.

Software is issued under an MIT License.

# Examples

### RL (Default)

![Image1](./examples/example1.png)

### LRRL

![Image2](./examples/example2.png)

### LRLLRR

![Image3](./examples/example3.png)

# Todos

 - Add multiple "ant" states functionality

 - Add Hexagonal grid mode

 - Fix logarithmic speed slider to go down to 1 millis

# Further Reading

[Langton's Ant] - Wikipedia

   [Langton's Ant]: 

   [Logarithmic]: 

   [Langton.py]: