Langton's Ant
Simple rules produce emergent highway patterns on a 2D grid
Wireworld
Logic circuit simulation with electron-head propagation through wire cells
Totalistic Cellular Automata
Multi-state automata where rules depend on neighborhood sum totals
Cyclic Cellular Automata
Rotating color states generating mesmerizing spiral wave patterns
Larger than Life
Extended-range neighborhoods creating large-scale organic structures
Lenia
Continuous cellular automata producing lifelike artificial creatures
SmoothLife
Continuous generalization of Game of Life with smooth transitions
Multiple Neighborhood CA
MNCA with layered neighborhood rules for intricate pattern formation
Abelian Sandpile
Self-organized criticality through toppling grain cascades
Turmites
Multi-state 2D Turing machines drawing complex symmetric patterns
Wave Function Collapse
Constraint-based procedural generation inspired by quantum mechanics
Percolation
Phase transition thresholds in random lattice connectivity
Reaction-Diffusion
Gray-Scott model producing spots, stripes, and labyrinthine patterns
Physarum Simulation
Slime mold agents building adaptive transport networks
Voting / Majority Rules CA
Consensus dynamics through local majority voting rules