Lenia – Mathematical Life Forms
Lenia (from Latin lenis, “smooth”) is a cellular automaton, like Conway’s Game of Life, but with continuous states and continuous space-time. It supports an unexpected (bio)diversity of persistent life forms, each possesses idiosyncratic anatomy and physiology, and exhibits a wide range of behaviors. More than 300 species have been identified, many discovered using human-based evolutionary algorithm.
https://github.com/Chakazul/Lenia
Lenia
https://chakazul.github.io/Lenia/JavaScript/Lenia.html
Lenia is a 2D cellular automata with continuous space, time and states. It produces a huge variety of interesting life forms.
There are various versions available. Python, Matlab and web (JavaScript) versions are real-time, interactive, and equipped with statistics tools. Jupyter and R versions are non-interactive and just for demonstration purposes.
Animation short
https://vimeo.com/user86703904
Python Version
Fastest version, minimalist layout. Now with GPU support! (Needs Python3 and various libraries)
Matlab Version
Fast version, great tools for statistical analysis. (Needs purchased copy of Matlab)
JavaScript Version
The original program, slow but with most features.
3D rendering using plot.ly
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