jimmyzkeleton

I would like to create a version of game of life that works with a reactable style interface using reactivision...

I would like it to be quite pleasing to look at graphically, so if Quartz Composer or Processing could be used in conjunction then that would be great...

I was just wondering how easy something like this would be?

Does anybody have any suggestions for how this could be done? Where I could start?

I'm not even sure how I could program "Game of life" within max to be honest... So any help at all would be greatly appreciated!

help-with-game-of-life

jit.conway might be a good place to start!

> Subject: [maxmsp] Help with game of life?

> Date: Wednesday, 1 October, 2008, 5:03 PM

> I would like to create a version of game of life that works

> with a reactable style interface using reactivision...

> I would like it to be quite pleasing to look at

> graphically, so if Quartz Composer or Processing could be

> used in conjunction then that would be great...

> I was just wondering how easy something like this would be?

> Does anybody have any suggestions for how this could be

> I'm not even sure how I could program "Game of

> life" within max to be honest... So any help at all

> I look forward to all and any replies...

jit.conway might be a good place to start!
cheers
Roger

> From: James 
> Subject: [maxmsp] Help with game of life?
> Date: Wednesday, 1 October, 2008, 5:03 PM
> I would like to create a version of game of life that works
> with a reactable style interface using reactivision...
>
> I would like it to be quite pleasing to look at
> graphically, so if Quartz Composer or Processing could be
> used in conjunction then that would be great...
>
> I was just wondering how easy something like this would be?
>
> Does anybody have any suggestions for how this could be
> done? Where I could start?
>
> I'm not even sure how I could program "Game of
> life" within max to be honest... So any help at all
> would be greatly appreciated!
>
> I look forward to all and any replies...
>
> Thanks!


As far as coding the rules of the game into max, I have a feeling it would be a lot easier to use Javascript for that part of the patch. Max wasn't really designed for that purpose, so making a patch to code for the rules of a non-trivial game would be... messy.

As far as coding the rules of the game into max, I have a feeling it would be a lot easier to use Javascript for that part of the patch.  Max wasn't really designed for that purpose, so making a patch to code for the rules of a non-trivial game would be... messy.
