DAdanwills·Apr 2, 2025
Definitely have a look at gollygang/Ready I reckon! There are some really fascinating things in the pattern library (including some that I contributed).
https://github.com/GollyGang/ready
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A cross-platform implementation of various reaction-diffusion systems and PDEs.
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10 sourcesAnother commenter shared https://github.com/GollyGang/ready which may be what you have in mind. I clearly see the fun in building such a thing from scratch though, and I intend to make a simple web-based one. Let me know if you create a repo for you project, I'll make sure to take a look and try to contribute if I'm comfortable with the tech stack.
Edit : Ahah I just noticed the "other commenter" is you
In Mitosis in the Gray-Scott model: writing shader-based chemical simulationsIf you're into reaction-diffusion there's an open source app called 'Ready' which I think is a great way to explore example patterns or tinker with formulas:
https://github.com/GollyGang/ready
Some fun ones from me can be found in Patterns/Experiments/DanWills
In Mitosis in the Gray-Scott model: writing shader-based chemical simulationsGolly comes with lots of example patterns and also uses 'hashlife' (as long as you leave it enabled!) so can go very fast and really huge:
https://golly.sourceforge.io/
And if you're into that I'd definitely recommend 'Ready' which is a similar project (originally a fork of the Golly code) but for Reaction-Diffusion simulations using OpenCL instead:
https://github.com/GollyGang/ready
I've contributed some fun experiments to Ready, they're in Patterns/Experiments/DanWills. There are visual examples on my youtube as well. If anyone wants to help out with the Houdini importer I'm working on, please send me an email.
In Show HN: Conway's Game of Life, but with a gallery of other peoples patternsHighly recommend Ready by the authors of Golly, for experimenting with reaction-diffusion en silico:
https://github.com/GollyGang/ready
In Reaction-Diffusion by the Gray-Scott Model: Pearson's ParametrizationReady 0.11.0 (reaction diffusion software)
2 points · Open discussionPrototype Ready (RD Simulator) Importer for Houdini
1 points · Open discussionIt's one way of doing it, yes. See this project that does it https://github.com/gollygang/ready
In Ancient Turing Pattern Builds Feathers, Hair and Now Shark SkinYou can generate these SmoothLife patterns with Ready [0]
[0] https://github.com/GollyGang/ready/blob/gh-pages/Patterns/Sm...
I find USkate the most beautiful, http://mrob.com/pub/comp/xmorphia/uskate-world.html
In Alan Turing’s chemistry hypothesis turned into a desalination filter40 new reaction-diffusion patterns in Ready 0.7
1 points · Open discussion