Langton's Ant

2.9

Simon Marquis

4.29

414 reviews

10,000+
Downloads

Free

Explore the world of Ants !

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About Langton's Ant

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 4.29 out of 5 stars, based on 410 ratings.

Is Langton's Ant free?

Langton's Ant is free. The APK size is 840.95 kB. The latest APK 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.

Langton's Ant is made and published by Simon Marquis. AppBrain is an independent app data site and isn't affiliated with Simon Marquis. The app name, icon, screenshots and description belong to Simon Marquis and are shown as published on Google Play.

Description by Simon Marquis (from Google Play)

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.

Recent changes:
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More data about Langton's Ant

Price	Free
Total installs	38 thousand
Recent installs	0
Rating	4.29 based on 410 ratings
Ranking	Not ranked
Version	2.9
App size	840.9 KB
Number of libraries	0
Designed for Android	4.0+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	No ads

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android@simon-marquis.fr

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Comments on Langton's Ant for Android

★★★★★ 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 :(

★★★★★ 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.)

★★★★☆ 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.

★☆☆☆☆ 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.

★★☆☆☆ 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.

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