Langton's Ant is a casual app developed by Simon Marquis.
How many times has Langton's Ant been downloaded?
Langton's Ant has been downloaded 38 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 0 times.
What is the rating of Langton's Ant?
Langton's Ant is rated 4.33 out of 5 stars, based on 420 ratings.
Is Langton's Ant free?
Langton's Ant is free to download. The APK download size is 840.95 kB. The latest version available is 2.9. The last update was on October 1, 2014.
What are the requirements for Langton's Ant?
Langton's Ant requires Android 4.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play since May 2011.
Description
Langton's Ant is actually a two-dimensional cell automaton that evolves by following very simple rules. It was invented by scientist Christopher Langton in 1986 and helped to highlight an example of emergent behavior.
The two basic rules are: ¤ If the ant is on a black square, it turns right, changes the color to white and moves forward ¤ If the ant is on a white square, it turns left, changes the color to black and moves forward
These simple rules lead to a surprising behavior of the ant: The ant builds a road that repeat indefinitely
Here are the main features of my implementation:
¤ Changing the speed ¤ Changing the size of the world ¤ Changing the background color ¤ Changin the rules: - 35 predefined rules - create your own rules ¤ Creation of multiple states automatons ¤ Add as many ant as you want, simply by touching the screen!
There are many extensions (several colors, states, etc.) but it's up to you to discover them.
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What I wanted an interesting theory that I have been trying to find in action for some time. Great job dev keep up the good work:)
★★★★★A Google User· Jun 8, 2014
Quite fun! This is a great app for creating reactions out of a word. (You know, typing into the generate box under settings) My favorite thing to type into the box is OAT, which creates unstable rods that explode when you tap them (You must have max speed of ants to make these rods. BTW it only works sometimes. Restart the app to fix the issue with the rods instantly blowing up.)
★★★★★Rylan· Dec 30, 2022
Great app, but it hasn't been updated since 2014, and it crashes when trying to edit expert rules, and there is no way to change a tile state around the ant :(
★★★★☆Jaddua Jones· Sep 20, 2015
Great but one feature is mandatory One feature that is critical to include is the ability to have ALREADY selected cells. Like in Conway's Game of Life, this implementation should include the ability to select cells and change their color. I would suggest that since a user can add more than two rules, a system where the user taps on a cell, and it will change color in a cycle. Maybe the same order in the cycle as the order of the rules on the rules page? This would be extremely helpful and appreciated. Thank you.
★★☆☆☆A Google User· Mar 2, 2014
Ads On screen buttons shift after a delay revealing ads that you inadvertently click. Annoying and deceptive to all parties involved.
★★☆☆☆SANJIT JENA· Nov 4, 2018
Give an input box for maximum and minimum values for the slider on both sides of it. This way the speed for both slow and fast terminating ants can be controlled easily.
★☆☆☆☆A Google User· Sep 4, 2014
Good app, but annoying Remove the notification tray ad for your other apps. Reply to this comment when you've fixed it for a changed rating.
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