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Cyclic CA
Rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, paper beats rock — applied to every cell simultaneously. Three states, one rule: advance if enough neighbors are already ahead of you. No leader, no seed. Spiraling structures emerge from noise.
Presets
Rock Paper Scissors
Spirals (n=4)
Galaxy (n=16)
Foam (n=8)
Binary Waves
States (n)
n
3
Threshold (k)
1
2
3
Neighborhood
Moore (8)
Von Neumann (4)
Color
Spectrum
Cool
Warm
Monochrome
Speed
Steps/frame
4
Randomize
Related
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Game of Life
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Elementary CA
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Langton's Ant
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Reaction Diffusion
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Ising Model
Click canvas to seed · drag to paint