The Lillypond

The Lillypond is a cellular automata with different states of cells that alter themselves and other cells to produce many emergent properties.

Videos on The Lillypond:

Buttons, going from left to right:

Pause/Play the simulation

Step through the simulation

Activate/Deactivate fast forward

Clear the Lillypond

Remove all tadpoles

Create a tadpole duplicator gate

Select cell type buttons

Select cell direction buttons

Cells states and what they do:

Tadpole: Moves one cell in the direction that it is facing if the space is empty

Current (Also called Redirector): Turns any cells beside it to be facing the direction of the arrow

Duplicator: Looks at the cell behind it and makes a copy of that cell in front of it if that space is empty

Fuser: Looks at the cells beside it and makes a copy of those cells in front of it if those cells are the same state and the space is empty

Splitter: Removes the cell behind it and makes two copies of that cell in front of it if that space is empty

Lilly: Acts as a wall that things cannot move into

Deleter: Counts as an empty space but will delete any cell that tries to move onto it.