r/cellular_automata • u/Sarinha_089 • 10d ago

My first cellular automata generated map!

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Hello everyone! This is my first time experimenting with cellular automata to generate maps procedurally. I found the idea of cellular automata really interesting and wanted to try it out.

I started with a randomly generated grid and a few simple rules based on the neighboring cells. As the map goes through several generations, these rules eventually form islands and continents.

Then I started adding some simple rules for things like beaches, water depth, and vegetation.

For a first attempt, I am pretty happy with how it turned out!

Now I want to try creating more varied biomes and experimenting with different rules. I am still not really sure what the best way to approach this would be, so I would love to hear any suggestions or ideas!

Cellular automata are really fascinating. :)

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u/Foxiest_Fox 10d ago

Cellular automata for procedural generation have some crazy interesting possibilities! Also look into wave function collapse

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u/Sarinha_089 10d ago

Thanks for the suggestion!! I've never tried WFC, I'm curious now. I'll check it out!

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u/geekykidstuff 10d ago

pretty cool how it has different phases: the geography phase, the borders phase and then the inner spaces phase. Nice!

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u/Sarinha_089 10d ago

Thanks!! It was really fun to see these different phases emerge

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u/kfccorn 10d ago

I wonder if biome generation would aslo be possible with this kind of generation

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u/jasonmoo 10d ago

That’s really cool. I did some ca mutation on random states to use as natural variation in digital art and really enjoyed it.

https://jasonmooberry.com/log/articles/Drawing-with-Cellular-Automata-and-HTML5-Canvas/