Electric streaks
An experiment of forming something similar to Electric trees using a 1-dimensional cellular automata.
function setup() {
createCanvas(400, 600);
background(0)
let k = Array(width).fill(0.3)
randomSeed(100)
for (let g = 0; g < height; g ++) {
let nk = Array(width).fill(0)
let t = map(g, 0, height, 0.08, 0.01)
let tb = 0.1
let f = x=>(random() + random()) ** 2 / 4 * x
for (let i = 0; i < k.length; i ++) {
set(i, g, sqrt(k[i]) * 255)
let aw = 0, bw = 0, cw = 0
if (i > 0) {
aw = f(k[i - 1]) + t
}
bw = f(k[i]) + tb
if (i < k.length - 1) {
cw = f(k[i + 1]) + t
}
let w = aw+bw+cw
if (i > 0) {
nk[i - 1] += aw / w * k[i]
}
nk[i] += bw / w * k[i]
if (i < k.length - 1) {
nk[i + 1] += cw / w * k[i]
}
}
k = nk
}
updatePixels()
}(Originally seen at https://editor.p5js.org/bojidar-bg/sketches/Bmy_TxzcP)
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