Langton's Ant
Free Game
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About Langton's Ant
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:
¤ 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.
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:
¤ 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.
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Version update Langton's Ant was updated to version 2.9
More downloads Langton's Ant reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
What are users saying about Langton's Ant
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On screen buttons shift after a delay revealing ads that you inadvertently click. Annoying and deceptive to all parties involved.
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This all is awesome but kind of carelessly designed
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One feature that is critical to include is the ability to have ALREADY selected cells. Like in Conway's Game of Life, this implementation should include the ability to select cells and change their colour. I would suggest that since a user can add more than two rules, a system where the user taps on a cell and it will change colour in a cycle. Maybe the same order in the cycle as the order of the rules on the rules page? This would be extremely helpful and appreciated. Thank you.
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This all is awesome but kind of carelessly designed
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The size and speed sliders should both be linear and accessible from the view screen. Feature request: save patterns, upload and share them. Etc..
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Remove the notification tray ad for your other apps. Reply to this comment when you've fixed it for a changed rating.
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On screen buttons shift after a delay revealing ads that you inadvertently click. Annoying and deceptive to all parties involved.
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It's like powder game
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If you're high.
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Ha Ha! People see me watching this and they think its some kind of QR code generator. Brilliant app!
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Very cool
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Awesome! I love this app
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gamedalf
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Eventually it looks like a crossword puzzle on meth! Totally amazing, 5 stars, will keep using.
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Its not crap, when you realize that you can make animations and mathematical structures
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I love all of your apps! Well executed.
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For those that are whining, it's not really a game. It's an animator of the mathematical pattern that is Langston's Ant. A great one at that.
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Really nice cellular automaton implementation.
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If you can appreciate emergence of complexity through simple rules, this is just a great game for you!
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Crap
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This is a great app for creating reactions out of a word. (You know, typing into the generate box under settings) My favorite thing to type into the box is OAT, which creates unstable rods that explode when you tap them (You must have max speed of ants to make these rods. BTW it only works sometimes. Restart the app to fix the issue with the rods instantly blowing up.)
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It reminds one of Conway's Life, and is a quite-worthy addition to these cellular automata. It's more colorful, though, and often lots of fun to watch. A good number of examples and contributions are included. User interface is simple and intuitive.
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They change their answer to "didn't like the app" and move forward.
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A well put together app that works
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The game was epic.Nuff said!
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Thought provoking
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On screen buttons shift after a delay revealing ads that you inadvertently click. Annoying and deceptive to all parties involved.
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Work's well on the Asus tf101
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Interesting, could be more user friendly
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nice idea of an automaton
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Emergent
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It is what it is
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Cool
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Quite fun, more updates.
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The app is great similar to ur other apps. generations and game of life.
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I've been hunting for emergent behavior or "evolution" apps and have been able to find only a very few good ones. This is one of them.
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Can't wait to see what else this can create!
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I like games -simulators like this one
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I love math and science
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Boring...