PROJECT 002 / COMPUTATIONAL WORLDS
Simple rules.
Unexpected worlds.
A research playground for emergence, structure, and change. Explore mathematical worlds where every cell follows a local rule, and every pattern can be traced back to its beginnings.
EXPERIMENT 01
Rule Observatory
How much complexity can eight decisions create?
Explore all 256 elementary rules. Paint a starting state, watch its history unfold, and inspect the local decisions behind the pattern.
Open experimentEXPERIMENT 02
A Single Difference
What changes when one cell changes?
Follow two identical worlds through one intervention. Compare their histories, reveal the exact differences, and measure what spreads or disappears.
Open experimentEXPERIMENT 03
Worlds at the Boundary
Can a thin wall let one signal through and stop the rest?
An exhaustive sweep of 65,536 rule pairs found walls that pass a chosen pattern and block most others. Replay the confirmed walls and see how they work.
Open experimentLook closely. Change something.
Start with a curated example or set your own conditions. The experiments begin paused, so you can step through them at your own pace. The Observatory lets you save and restore a replay; A Single Difference uses a shared timeline to compare the same experiment at every step.
Exploration with evidence.
These experiments build on established cellular automata research. Their visuals show actual computed states. A striking pattern is an invitation to investigate, not proof of a new discovery. We distinguish the rule, the observation, and what the evidence supports.
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