Coding Challenge #89: Langton's Ant

Langton's Ant is a cellular automaton that starts off with simples rules but takes on complex emergent behavior. Code: https://thecodingtrain.com/challenges/89-langtons-ant 🕹️ p5.js Web Editor Sketch: https://editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/svbAzt8sb 🎥 Next video: https://youtu.be/0L2n8Tg2FwI?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH 🎥 All videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH References: 📄 Langton's Ant on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langton's_ant Videos: 🚂 Pixels! (Processing Tutorial): https://youtu.be/EmtU0eloTlE 🐜 Langton's Ant: https://youtu.be/NWBToaXK5T0 Related Coding Challenges: 🚂 #85 The Game of Life: https://youtu.be/FWSR_7kZuYg 🚂 #102 2D Water Ripple: https://youtu.be/BZUdGqeOD0w Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction and setup code! 1:46 Writing the algorithm for the motion of Langton's ant 9:09 Visualizing Langton's Ant 12:33 Debugging and testing! 14:53 Refactoring the code! 20:06 Things to try! 20:46 Outro! Editing by Mathieu Blanchette Animations by Jason Heglund Music from Epidemic Sound 🚂 Website: http://thecodingtrain.com/ 👾 Share Your Creation! https://thecodingtrain.com/guides/passenger-showcase-guide 🚩 Suggest Topics: https://github.com/CodingTrain/Suggestion-Box 💡 GitHub: https://github.com/CodingTrain 💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/hPuGy2g 💖 Membership: http://youtube.com/thecodingtrain/join 🛒 Store: https://standard.tv/codingtrain 🖋️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecodingtrain 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.coding.train/ 🎥 Coding Challenges: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH 🎥 Intro to Programming: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6Zy51Q-x9tMWIv9cueOFTFA 🔗 p5.js: https://p5js.org 🔗 p5.js Web Editor: https://editor.p5js.org/ 🔗 Processing: https://processing.org 📄 Code of Conduct: https://github.com/CodingTrain/Code-of-Conduct This description was auto-generated. If you see a problem, please open an issue: https://github.com/CodingTrain/thecodingtrain.com/issues/new #langtonsant #cellularautomata #processing #java