Automata

This project was something small I could work on for a few days on the side of my other main projects. The idea is that it is a 3D game of life.

To create the cubes, I used the InstancedMesh tool that three.js provides. This allows you to create many of the same object with varying materials and at low processing cost.

The simulation controls are displayed on the right. You can change them any way you choose, although some require a restart. Also, once you have made changes, you can share them by just copying the link and the simulation will play out exactly the same.

The parameters are as follows, although by checking the wikipedia page these should become apparent

• size – Size of the grid to simulate the cells in
• bMin – Minimum number of neighbour cells to survive
• bMax – Maximum number of neighbour cells to survive
• s – If this number of neighbouring cells is reached exactly, the current cell becomes alive
• mode – Whether cell death or birth takes priority

• spacing – gap between cell models
• tick – time between updating simulation. Recommended to set high for large sizes
• pause – whether to pause the simulation or not

• step – used when paused, advance the simulation by one tick
• restart – restart the simulation

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