Michael Bradford Williams

Cellular Automata

Click "Draw New" to begin with a random rule and random colors. "Refresh Current" will keep the same rule and the same colors from the previous drawing (but any change in the number of colors is ignored), but adjust the other options if they have been changed. "Reset" returns the form elements to their defaults, but doesn't redraw the image. The text box below gives the rule that was used to draw the picture (according to my previous convention for describing rules), and the time it took to draw it.

Warning: the speed of this program is rather slow. Therefore I don't recommend setting Magnification = 1, or making the image too large, unless you don't mind waiting.

You'll need a modern browser to view it (e.g. Firefox, Chrome, Safari).

Number of colors:	2 3 4 5 6
Style:	three above two above five above three above, one two above three above, three two above
First Line:	Centered Random
Magnification:	1 2 5 10
Width:	200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000
Height:	50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000

last modified: 12/17/2009