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by thender
July 23rd, 2018, 1:04 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Try SphereLife !
Replies: 5
Views: 3186

Re: Try SphereLife !

Won't someone actually try the app?

It looks look this group focuses on the math, or logic, of GOL (game of life). I'm looking to make some art with it.

So although I can see how one would easily make the edges of a grid continuous in the algorithm, and get a representation of a torus, I'd like to ...
by thender
July 22nd, 2018, 9:15 am
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Try SphereLife !
Replies: 5
Views: 3186

Re: Try SphereLife !

Yes, almost as soon as I got on this site I realized that a torus is a perfect 3d object to lay out an "infinite" space for the algorithm.
My sphere has a seam, where the cell relationships are corrupted.
by thender
July 21st, 2018, 3:14 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Try SphereLife !
Replies: 5
Views: 3186

Try SphereLife !

Hi Folks,

Brand new to ConwayLife.com. I've been fascinated with the game for a long time. So I tried my hand at implementing a game on Android.

To make things more visually appealing, I mapped the game to the surface of a sphere, hence, SphereLife. I also added some hacks to make it more ...