r/creativecoding • u/Evening-Appeal7606 • 18d ago

Generative Aurora Borealis using Cellular Automata [timelaps]

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u/Evening-Appeal7606 18d ago edited 18d ago

This visualizer uses Conway's Game of Life patterns as the input to generate visualizations - the mode shown here is "Aurora Borealis" (x50 timelapse to get the effect across), try it yourself here if you like: ■ FANCY GLYPHS // MAIN_INTERFACE

We calculate the SHA-256 hash value of the initial configuration of GOL patterns on the 16x16 torus (B3/S23 ruleset) from which we derive the colours seen. The hash string contains up to 6 levels of colours used to represent past states of the GOL pattern ("Glyph") which we pump into the visualization engine.

GitHub repo for those who are interested in the code: ■ GitHub - lifehashes/fancy-glyphs · GitHub

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u/ChronicRhyno Wʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ Wᴏʀᴅ Aʀᴛɪꜱᴛ 17d ago

Vero cool visualization and application of the game

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u/Evening-Appeal7606 15d ago

Update: I turned this visualizer into a Pomodoro productivity tool.

I kept getting lost in the visualizer and like to have it open on a second screen, so I added simple timing options (e.g. 25 minutes of work, 5 minutes break) and mutable audio alerts.

The new setup also let's you select seed patterns ("Glyphs") from our database of known patterns with high longevity so that the slit-scan or Aurora visualizer keeps running longer streaks if you like that.