Cyclic Cellular Automaton

Rules: Each cell has a state. There are n states set with the number of colors above. The state of a cell is between 0 and n-1. A cell with state i is consumed and changes to i+1 if the number of cells with state i+1 in the moore neighborhood are equal or greater to the threshold. If a cell is in the n-1 state while it is consumed, it changes its state to 0.

Settings

Clicking on the simulation turns cells on and off.

Controls:

• Start: Begins the simulation, calculating and displaying the next population every update rate seconds
• Step: Calculates and displays the next population
• Clear: Stops the simulation and clears the population
• Randomize: Randomly sets 50% of the cells alive and the other 50% dead
• Update Rate: How many milliseconds each frame is displayed. Lower = Faster simulation, but more CPU intensive.

Simulation Settings:

Can be edited while the simulation is running.

• # of colors: Number of colors
• Threshold: How many cells around a cell have to be the successor of the cell for the cells color to change.
• Wrapping: Makes the world wrap around, like in snake. With wrapping turned off the outside world acts as dead cells.

Display Settings:

Will restart the simulation.

• Cell Size: Controls the height and width of the cells. Low values are very CPU intensive.