Clusters

A life-like particle system with ambiguous entities created by ventrella.com

Pollack ** random ** gems alliances red menace acrobats mitosis planets stigmergy field simplify spinners

random colors freeze/unfreeze zap

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This introduction explains how the algorithm works. It includes some background, and a set of experiments.

History
I created Clusters in 2016 and made it available on ventrella.com. The following year I worked with the guys at Leap Motion on implementing Clusters in 3D for virtual reality, using hand/finger controls.

Clusters was the inspiration for Particle Life by Tom Mohr. Clusters was also the inspiration for Atomic Clusters by ciphrd.

Video of me explaining Clusters

Particles Video from Leap Motion

My Leap Motion video

Currently there is no way to save and load ecosystems, or use the genetic algorithm. These features (and others) are under development as of October, 2024. Contact me at jeffrey@ventrella.com for status or to offer suggestions or...assistance :)

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