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Visualization 2
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description: >-
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Now in glorious technicolor!
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series: viz
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git_repo: https://github.com/mediocregopher/viz.git
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git_commit: 76caf80afc94655f2a21661714248676ed018328
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---
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<script src="/assets/viz/2/goog/base.js"></script>
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<script src="/assets/viz/2/cljs_deps.js"></script>
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<script>goog.require("viz.core");</script>
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<p align="center"><canvas id="viz"></canvas></p>
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This visualization builds on the previous. Structurally the cortesian grid has
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been turned into an isometric one, but this is more of an environmental change
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than a behavioral one.
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Behavioral changes which were made:
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* When a live point is deciding its next spawn points, it first sorts the set of
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empty adjacent points from closest-to-the-center to farthest. Then it randomly
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chooses a number `n` between `0` to `N` (where `N` is the size of that sorted
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set) and spawns new points in the first `n` points of the sorted set.
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* Each point is spawned with an attached color, where the color chosen is a
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slightly different hue than its parent. The change is deterministic, so all
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child points of the same generation have the same color.
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The second change is purely cosmetic, but does create a mesmerizing effect. The
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first change alters the behavior dramatically.
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In the previous visualization the points moved around in groups aimlessly. Now
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the groups are all competing for the same thing, the center, and as a result
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congregate and are able to be viewed as a larger whole.
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The constant churn of the whole takes many forms, from a spiral in the center,
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to waves crashing against each other, to outright chaos, to random purges of
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nearly all points. Each form lasts for only a few seconds before giving way to
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another.
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