Simonmarky

DESCRIPTION
Langton's Ant is actually a two-dimensional cell automaton that evolves by following very simple rules.
It was invented by scientist Christopher Langton in 1986 and helped to highlight an example of emergent behavior.

The two basic rules are:
¤ If the ant is on a black square, it turns right, changes the color to white and moves forward
¤ If the ant is on a white square, it turns left, changes the color to black and moves forward


These simple rules lead to a surprising behavior of the ant:
The ant builds a road that repeat indefinitely


Here are the main features of my implementation:

¤ Play/Pause/Clear buttons
¤ Changing the speed
¤ Changing the size of the world
¤ Changing the background color
¤ Changin the rules:
- 35 predefined rules
- create your own rules
¤ Creation of multiple states automatons
¤ Add as many ant as you want, simply by touching the screen!

There are many extensions (several colors, states, etc.) but it's up to you to discover them.


For any bug, suggestion or information contact me at:

sim.dev.android@gmail.com


NOTE:
- Available in French and English
- Compatible with all screens
- Compatible with all android versions

For more information, visit the official wiki:
Langton's ant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Or on this one, about Turmites (multiple states automaton) :
Turmite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Last edited by Simonmarky; May 8th, 2011 at 06:57 AM.

Simonmarky

New update is available with :
v2.0 :
- Fixed several minor issues
- Added option "Number of steps forward"
- Added 15 new rules
- Added a section of fans rules
- Ability to send your rules by mail

Simonmarky

v2.5:
- Added an image with the mail
- Ability to rate and share rules
- Bug fixes
- Added new rules of Fans

Simonmarky

v 2.6 :
* Minors improvements
* Implementation of the Hooked SDK
* Ability to rate for the best patterns
* Fixed bugs due to the server.
* Improved code

And visit my website for more informations : www.simon-marquis.fr