http://egyptiankarim.com/apps/game3/
Same as before, but I added a parameter to manipulate cell size. Notice how much slower rendering of polygons (rect()) is than single points (point()). If I reduce cell size down to 2×2 the generations very noticeably slow to a crawl. I also added a mousePressed feature to reset the game board with a random configuration, and muted the colors to make them look more LCARS-y.
http://egyptiankarim.com/apps/game2/
Same implementation as before but with objects and some different colors.
Red: Annoyed (surrounded by 3 live cells)
Blue: Lonely (surrounded by 2 live cells)
Black: Dead
Green: Just Born
Poor cells can’t catch a break.
It’s pretty funny we call it “air conditioning”.
As if we could teach the air to behave in some way.
Like we can just take a Pavlovian approach and
Use our thermostats to keep the atmosphere in line.
We should really be calling it “people condition”,
Because it’s all just a sad state we’ve put ourselves in.
That and the fact we’ve only just trained ourselves to
Fear a bit of sweat on the collars of our dress shirts,
Detest the humid scent of a body in the sun,
And hate the poofy hair that the heat always tweaks out.
Sure we like to think we can condition the air, and
Conquer the nature around us like it’s no big deal.
But all we’ve done is build windows that never open.
Lazy kings and maniacal queens lord over
Myopic bishops, frivolous knights, and
Foolhardy rooks with one-track minds.
Pawns die young, and their bloody hands
Leave them besides themselves.
They never turn to ask what this war is for.
Instead, they imprudently charge forward,
With far off hopes of one day casting
The haughty derision of the very back row
That drives them forward to their doom.