Cellular Automata

[Seismosaur]

Step One towards ALife Simulator.

I call it 'Cellular Automata'


It's a cellular automata game-- You can set your own rules or use Conway's. It's all in 3D, it features a low-res skyshpere; all of the content was produce by me

Download the archive here


Controls:

W - Move Camera Up (Used for 2D method)
S - Move Camera Down (Used for 2D method)
A - Move Camera Left (Used for 2D method)
D - Move Camera Right (Used for 2D method)

R - Move Camera forward (Used for 2D method; acts as zoom in)
F - Move Camera Back (Used for 2D method; acts as zoom out)

Q - Turn Camera Left
E - Turn Camera Right
Up/Down Arrow keys - Pitch Camera
Right/Left Arrow Keys - Roll Camera
Enter - Clear Grid
Spacekey - Toggle Simulation Pause
BackSpace - Show/Hide rules
C - Reset camera position

Screenshots:






http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o242/Yukimor/Screen6.png
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o242/Yukimor/Screen8.png
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o242/Yukimor/Screen10.png

[ih8censorship]

I don't get it. I cant seem to get that angle you had in the screenshot either... maybe have a few preset camera angles with the option to change angle as you wish?

[*brammie*]

i something like this on my calculator before (ran at ~0.05 fps)

anyway, those triangles on the grid, they don't like nice..
you should make them squares.

and an option to change the speed would also be... useful

[Seismosaur]

Those are wireframe cubes. There's not much I can really do about them right now.

I don't get it. I cant seem to get that angle you had in the screenshot either... maybe have a few preset camera angles with the option to change angle as you wish?

Uh... You have a free camera. Why would I have preset angles? Just use Turn + Roll to change the angle. Pitch and stuff. It gets easy after a few tries. I'll probably make it first person, though. With some crosshairs to click. But that'll be later

[oulyt]

woah this is pretty cool 

[Seismosaur]

Glad you like it

[Durgal]

I want to take a look at your game... but the link doesn't lead to your file. :/

[Seismosaur]

Damn it, it looks like FileFront deleted it...

I'll upload it again when I get home.

[Seismosaur]

Well it is gone, FileFront Deleted it and it is not on my PC.

[KTC]

It's taken you 2 months to get home?

[Seismosaur]

Well, three weeks to get back and another five to reply.

But yeah, I lost it when I switched PCs. I made another one, though, that deals with natural selection and I'm working on a full-fledged Artificial Life Simulator. Will post later.

[death]

that sounds amazing, abut what are you using to get the gui?


edit:

i just relized i might have messed up my question a bit,

how do you use the images and  load them on? i use darkGDK but dont understand it that well

(did i get the question right the first time?)