Explorata is a “Cellular Automata Explorer”. It’s a client-side tool in Vuejs to experiment with elementary and 2D cellular automata, including the notorious Game of Life and several other variations. A picture can be used as the initial state and thus produce interesting visual. The product of an elementary automaton can also be used to populate a 2D automaton initial frame. It’s janky and lacks some features but I (mostly) had fun programming it.
References
- Daniel Shiffman, The Nature Of Code, Chapter 7. Cellular Automata
- Wikipedia, Hashlife
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Supplement to Cellular Automata (The 256 Rules)
- LifeWiki, Cellular automaton
Explorata in action