Mr. Baby Paint and accidentally discovering a new cellular automata

(tekstien-marginaalien-keskus.aalto.fi)

44 points | by jfil 2 days ago

6 comments

  • tzs 0 minutes ago
    Using the pattern on the top left of the array of patterns I clicked several times and got a setup where it was still flood filling after maybe 10 minutes.

    Unlike all the other times I'd tried where it quickly ended up with black or white dominating and then filling the whole area (except once when it became all white except for a single black pixel) this ended up with the whole area filled with a checkerboard pattern except for a jagged fault line running from top to bottom. The waves of filling would cause small changes to the fault line, and occasionally a small island of black or white would form and then be taken over by the checkerboard.

    I was going to let it go for a lot longer but accidentally did the "back" gesture on my mouse bringing me back here. I've tried several times since then but that is the only time I got something that was long running.

    Anyone else get any interesting long running ones?

  • kryptoncalm 7 minutes ago
    Looks great! A similar (alphabet-centric) program with even more limited/robust operation is AlphaBaby: https://www.littlepotatosoftware.com/products/AlphaBaby-maco...
  • fwipsy 35 minutes ago
    People who grow up using these sorts of bespoke software are gonna have some pretty weird nostalgia. "Hey when you were a toddler did you ever play with a paint app where the fill tool created flashing swirly patterns? ...no?"
    • IncreasePosts 0 minutes ago
      I spent my whole childhood trying to find someone who played Defender of the Crown and never found one :(
  • kannanvijayan 11 minutes ago
    What a wonderful looking piece of software :) My child is far past toddler age but I shall keep this in mind as a gift for friends of mine that are about to have children.
  • functionmouse 46 minutes ago
    Good Lord what is happening in there?

    These screenshots look awesome. Definitely checking this one out. Thanks for this!

  • drbscl 41 minutes ago
    This is a very enjoyable read, what a great project!