Sometimes its fun just to type “var bmd : BitmapData = new BitmapData(300,250);” and see where it takes you. This morning I went from this weird maze thing:

And ended up at Conway’s game of life. I could watch this thing run for hours…

I also scrolled the bmd to see what would happen. You sometimes get these lovely particle emitters that look like rocket engines or space invaders. (Click to restart the swfs).

Source .fla here. Cellular automata are a branch of artificial life.

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