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Predator Prey interactions
Posted: March 4th, 2025, 10:38 pm
by geebles
I was curious if anyone has implemented two competing populations in Conway's Game of Life. I know it has been done in SQGOL, but that isn't compatible with golly . . .
From the rules created, I can't seem to find anything like this and I'm not sure if it is possible in golly.
Has anyone tried creating a predator-prey simulator?
Here is a link to the SQGOL paper if anyone is interested
https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/article/9 ... cies-model
Re: Predator Prey interactions
Posted: June 12th, 2026, 3:57 am
by christinagon
geebles wrote: March 4th, 2025, 10:38 pm
I was curious if anyone has implemented two competing populations in Conway's Game of Life. I know it has been done in SQGOL, but that isn't compatible with golly . . .
From the rules created, I can't seem to find anything like this and I'm not sure if it is possible in golly.
Has anyone tried creating a predator-prey simulator?
Here is a link to the SQGOL paper if anyone is interested
https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/article/9 ... cies-model
I’m using cursors for now because this problem is awkward to reason about cleanly with sets or apply. That said, they’ll probably get replaced later with a more set-based formulation.
This might only be the second or third time in my life where I’ve thought, “yeah, a cursor is actually the right tool here.
Re: Predator Prey interactions
Posted: June 12th, 2026, 6:39 pm
by b-engine
It could exist in Golly with Ruletable (can define any range-1 rules that has 2-256 states), but I'm not sure how would "predator prey interactions" that you meant works.