05.18.2010 All your Conway are belong to us
I'm working on a series of "game" pieces, where instead of a score the musician(s) have a set of rules that they follow. Each player is trying to win the game according to the rules, by interacting with a computer algorithm.
As you may know, I'm starting with a simple game: Tic Tac Toe. (Or, for the hemisphere I'm in at the moment, Noughts and Crosses.)
My idea for a very complicated game, though, involves manipulating the course of Conway's Game of Life via sound input, trying to get to some prespecified end state. This could produce some beautiful visuals for the audience to watch as the piece/game progresses.
Anyway, I found an implementation of Conway's Life for Max/MSP. (Hooray for not having to program that myself.)
These are my favorite accidental shapes to emerge so far:
If I could make those into an animated GIF, I would. Sigh for proprietary graphics formats.
Once Tic Tac Max is up and running, I will post it here. Email me if you'd like to be a beta tester.
Posted by charlie williams at May 18, 2010 10:40 AM
