@jarblewarble Minecraft would be really, REALLY epic if it could somehow contain fractals and cellular automata. Zoom into a pixelated tree, see the fine details, zoom out, see the structure of the universe, etc.
@jarblewarble Well, in fact, it does! The caves are generated by cellular automata, as well as the biomes. If you use the program MCedit (a software for editing or viewing minecraft map) and you go underground, you will see all the caves in a few miles and thats really amazing. Notch itself said he used cellular automata there.
@alelp You're right about that, but the level of detail in Minecraft isn't infinite like the Mandelbrot Set. I am now trying to create a cellular automata game with infinite detail, like what I described in the post below.
@jarblewarble So then each "block" would become a "map chunk" when it was zoomed in, and new details would be generated procedurally at a finer scale. If every type of block corresponded to a biome, then cellular automata could move on a large grid (the "map chunk" grid) superimposed on a smaller grid (the "normal" Minecraft grid).
@jarblewarble In other words, this could be realized by making a map generator that takes a normal Minecraft map, makes all the blocks larger, and then uses the blocks to represent biomes. Kind of like a Lilliputian world, I guess. And if that process were iterated over and over, you'd end up with a fractal made of cellular automata.
@jarblewarble Oh, i understand what you mean. i totally agree, it would be awesome in that level of detail, but computers are not powerful enough yet : / Maybe in 15 years...
Im also thinking of making a game using CA, but i need to learn a lot about them before. Ive already made a Langton's ant, but i want more xD Could you recomend me some source of information about cellular automata? a book or something...
How can kids these days complain they are bored? I mean just look at that.
danielkirk1 5 months ago
How about 3D Game of Life?
outslider1 10 months ago
looks like some game hmmm *cough minecraft *cough
SEbbaTheHacker 11 months ago
@SEbbaTheHacker And that's why cellular automata are the future of gaming.
jarblewarble 8 months ago
@jarblewarble Minecraft would be really, REALLY epic if it could somehow contain fractals and cellular automata. Zoom into a pixelated tree, see the fine details, zoom out, see the structure of the universe, etc.
jarblewarble 8 months ago
@jarblewarble Well, in fact, it does! The caves are generated by cellular automata, as well as the biomes. If you use the program MCedit (a software for editing or viewing minecraft map) and you go underground, you will see all the caves in a few miles and thats really amazing. Notch itself said he used cellular automata there.
alelp 6 months ago
@alelp You're right about that, but the level of detail in Minecraft isn't infinite like the Mandelbrot Set. I am now trying to create a cellular automata game with infinite detail, like what I described in the post below.
jarblewarble 6 months ago
@jarblewarble So then each "block" would become a "map chunk" when it was zoomed in, and new details would be generated procedurally at a finer scale. If every type of block corresponded to a biome, then cellular automata could move on a large grid (the "map chunk" grid) superimposed on a smaller grid (the "normal" Minecraft grid).
jarblewarble 6 months ago
@jarblewarble In other words, this could be realized by making a map generator that takes a normal Minecraft map, makes all the blocks larger, and then uses the blocks to represent biomes. Kind of like a Lilliputian world, I guess. And if that process were iterated over and over, you'd end up with a fractal made of cellular automata.
jarblewarble 6 months ago
@jarblewarble Oh, i understand what you mean. i totally agree, it would be awesome in that level of detail, but computers are not powerful enough yet : / Maybe in 15 years...
Im also thinking of making a game using CA, but i need to learn a lot about them before. Ive already made a Langton's ant, but i want more xD Could you recomend me some source of information about cellular automata? a book or something...
alelp 6 months ago
I wish these things existed in Minecraft.
jarblewarble 1 year ago
Are you using GPU technology to accelerate the simulation please? I am currently implementing 4D CA with evolving rule sets.
mpeniak 1 year ago
btw, can you make it render using somthing like the marching cubes technique instead of voxels?
TiagoTiagoT 1 year ago
lovely
TiagoTiagoT 1 year ago
excellent!
mpeniak 2 years ago
like to see this on one of those 3d led cube 'displays'
walter0bz 2 years ago
Softology, you are an inspiration! Go, go, go!
zettix1 3 years ago
Thanks. The 3D CA still needs work. Stay tuned for better results.
Softology 3 years ago