✨ NEW Cellular Automata

[@stanleythehandsome5402]

Pro tip: Automata is plural, Automaton is singular

[@Soverthe]

4:47

[@stanleythehandsome5402]

@@Soverthe If he knows the proper form, why does he keep using it incorrectly?

[@Soverthe]

@@stanleythehandsome5402 Someone should write a programming language to figure this out...

[@Soverthe]

Or just ask ChatGPT since said programming language probably won’t be able to have loops due to the difficulties of making compilers

[@rynabuns]

@@stanleythehandsome5402sometimes being correct isn't that important :)

[@Bencurlis]

If you want to reinvent something new (?) I made, I programmed a 1D asynchronous cellular automaton where each cell was looking into a large spatio-temporal neighborhood, tried to understand the rules followed by the cells, and applying the rule it discovered to itself. Each cell was trying to be coherent with their neighbors, but it did produce very interesting and incoherent results!

[@TodePond]

That sounds like a really cool idea! Is there anywhere I can check it out?

[@maxencedc]

@@TodePond I believe there are some interesting infos on this said cellular automata on Ben Crulis (OP)’s channel!

[@Vaaaaadim]

Makes me think of the Wave Function Collapse algorithm

[@Bencurlis]

@@Vaaaaadim Kinda, but it also discovered the linking rules in the neighborhood

[@Vaaaaadim]

@@Bencurlis WFC doesn't?

[@Graverman]

the production quality is incredible

[@Magnogen]

It sure is

[@TodePond]

Thanks! I worked quite hard on this one :)

[@timesnewroman3880]

had me dancing an all. this videos are pure genius

[@TodePond]

@@timesnewroman3880 I'm glad to hear that! Thank you!

[@timesnewroman3880]

@@TodePond tode? Do you have a recommendation on where to start to learn coding?

[@leyasep5919]

This video has many degrees of excellent ! 1) Freely experimenting is excellent 2) Learning from others is excellent 3) Not giving up is excellent 4) Cellular Automata ARE EXCELLENT to learn code skills, fundamental principles and way more 5) Nice pictures are always excellent So I hope this video gets more views !

[@TodePond]

Thank you very much!! I'm really glad you liked it, and I'm pleased some of those themes came through :)

[@leyasep5919]

@@TodePond CAs are some of my first programming loves, along with Mandelbrot sets ;-) As a teenager, I played with some rules (such as the sandpile algo or thermodynamic ones) and ended up with a master thesis on Lattice Gas Cellular Automata (FHP3 type) to simulate fluid flows. It is good (tm) to have a lot of "culture" about all the types of CAs out there, their working, their behaviours and properties, and your video is a nice overview ! I wish it was longer though ;-)

[@Magnogen]

Haha! I love the little changes in these automata - they give it a sort of parallel universe feel ^-^

[@TodePond]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it! Maybe one day we'll find that universe...

[@vindi167]

@@TodePond are you gonna make a video about parallel universes?

[@lewismetcalf6853]

This is genuinely one of the most unique and well made channels that I've found on youtube. Keep it up, looking forward to see where this goes!

[@TodePond]

Thank you, that's a huge compliment! I'm looking forward to it too 👀

[@fipachu]

You’re probably gonna like @PosyMusic as well!

[@juror12]

Bird is so cute, I kinda felt bad for people hating on his work :(

[@TodePond]

Poor bird :( I think they'll be alright though :)

[@johncasey9544]

I love how berd's writing gets messier and messier with each one

[@ramongonzalezfernandez8904]

The first life that you show is just a rotated GoL, and the slider is a glider rotated 45 degrees. In fact, your system should allow a mix of 2 different versions of GoL that don't interact, as each cell won't interact with it's direct neighbors

[@ramongonzalezfernandez8904]

LMFAO

[@DrazkurHW]

the pin of shame

[@ramongonzalezfernandez8904]

@@DrazkurHW :(

[@Pomodorosan]

its*

[@memerboi69.0]

that's the point

[@COL321]

I giggled at berd scrawling on everything, and its reaction to being grabbed at the end : )

[@TodePond]

Thanks! Me too - Flora did a great squished berd animation :)

[@TheLargedwarf]

"this isn't even Turing complete" is such a great comment. It can be posted to so many places.

[@audreychambers3155]

I love your peaceful, stick-with-it attitude. I find it so reassuring, like I'm quietly being motivated without being pushed.

[@no-lifenoah7861]

Cool pfp, what country is it

[@zanzlanz]

Omg you completely nailed it. This is far, far too relatable, as someone who has posts starting with "I came up with a cellular automata..." Your videos are impossibly brilliant, and I so appreciate the details, storytelling, and explorations :)

[@TodePond]

Hey thank you very much, I'm glad you like my videos :) and I'm glad you relate!! thanks for watching!

[@sambhavmirajgaonkar7402]

This channel is criminally underrated.

[@TodePond]

Hey thank you, glad you like my channel :)

[@aloysiuskurnia7643]

"This isn't even turing complete" must be the one the most insulting lmao

[@no-lifenoah7861]

I’m fairly certain Cableworld is Turing complete as well since it has logic doors

[@CUB3zOfficial]

I have never seen a video on these topics in such a mesmerizing, hypnotic way. The calm way youre speaking paired with these visuals is something else. Very well done!

[@TodePond]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you liked it :)

[@MrGranddy]

As a cellular automata enjoyer myself, I loved the presentation, it is like a guessing game for cellular automata nerds. It was also real fun that you just change one smart little thing for each of them and explain like it's nothing lol.

[@abdullahshakir1039]

Omg the intro caught me off guard! lol, the humming is human humming LOL

[@TodePond]

Haha watch out! :) Don't worry though, it's just this amazing track: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmKkiqeIabdji80

[@eduardozanette9236]

I don't know if it is the background understanding of agent based models or the house music, or even the "let's make something NEW" that made me enjoy this video so much.

[@TodePond]

I'm not sure haha! I'm glad you enjoyed it though!!!

[@Tubeytime]

This is one of the most artistic videos I've ever seen, I love the repetition of the theme it was executed perfectly!

[@TodePond]

Thank you very much! That's very kind of you to say! Glad you liked it :)

[@LvnaOnline]

I think this is a really good way to show how a lot of communities will scrutinize people for making things just because someone else made them too, and how it affects the makers and influences them to give up on creation. Really good video!

[@caiden4499]

7:43 the bird went crazy lol

[@TodePond]

Typical bird :)

[@tratixmusic8884]

Ngl, when I started watching this video, I felt like the commentary was really slow and awkward, but I quickly found it to be really entertaining with the music, visuals, and overall feeling. I don't know if the intention was to tell a story that felt like art, but that's what it felt like. This video feels like a piece of art and I don't know how to explain it properly. I felt like I was taken on a trip through the mind of a programmer just trying to create something and push through the crowd.

[@hannapistorius4986]

What a great way to showcase some cellular automata! Awesome!

[@TodePond]

Thank you! I hope you enjoyed it :)

[@sollybunn]

Never have I been so touched by a bird who makes cellular atomata with nothing but a red paintbrush

[@LunaticLacewing]

Bird just got more and more mad until it froze up and lost its shit

[@petersmythe6462]

With your first one that is basically GoL with a Ferz-Dabbaba neighborhood, I thought of an interesting idea: fairychess GoL. Every piece has a state. That state is defined by a combination of elementary leapers. Since we're using the birth/survival rules of GoL, each piece has exactly three parents. Surviving squares do not change their state. But newborn squares combine the states used by their parents to create them, with finite range states taking precedence over infinite range states.

[@ncatelli]

That plant one at the end generated some really wonderful patterns.

[@reflectivish385]

Here before this channel blows up! Lovely work!

[@rose_dddddd6476]

That birb seemed very frustrated, better give it some good food after this recording!

[@TodePond]

Haha yes you're right! I'll do that straight away... 🍽🐦

[@remie123]

I watched a couple of your videos now, and each and every single one of them is unique, very good and is probably better than anything KZbin has recommended to me. These videos are even making me inspired to create my own unique sandbox/automaton worlds, and maybe even post them to youtube! Thank you for being such an epic KZbinr and programmer!

[@bottlekruiser]

I bet you could be really original if you used floating point values in cells! Nobody's done that yet, right?

[@TodePond]

Yes that's genius! I'll call it... "Genia"

[@leyasep5919]

@@TodePond Keep trying and you WILL create something really new :-)

[@eboatwright_]

I love how the berd slowly get's more and more frustrated. poor boy :(

[@TodePond]

Yes, poor berd! Don't worry, they can handle it :)

[@eboatwright_]

@@TodePond :)

[@officer854]

Yay a new video

[@TodePond]

Yay! Glad you made it!

[@joshix833]

I love how you introduce the cellular automata. It's great, love your vids

[@TodePond]

Thank you! Thanks for watching your way through them :)

[@KasperOmenasaari]

I love the pace of your narration! So calm

[@eboatwright_]

This is awesome! I've never actually heard of the last ones

[@TodePond]

Thanks! I'm pleased you found something new!

[@eboatwright_]

@@TodePond Yep! :D

[@matthewboughton8320]

This is such a neat video! I don’t normally comment but this is a truly special channel. Love to see what your going to do next!

[@TodePond]

Thank you very much! And thank you for the precious comment :) I'm honoured you chose my channel to comment on!

[@ropi314]

My brain is in heaven after watching that video. Truly amazing stuff.

[@victorvanlent1312]

You feel the frustration of the bird near the end

[@nnmrts]

After 23 years on this earth and approximately half of them spent on the internet, I didn't think I would ever discover a whole new "type" of video to fall in love with. Of course the animations and the narration are superb, but what really prompted me to write this comment is this feeling of unearthing something completely new. This feels like a weird mix of slam poetry, meditation and nerdy math stuff. Maybe this was a bit more noticeable for me because I already did a lot of automata stuff myself and felt like I already knew a bit about the topic itself, but wow, this was an awesome watch. Inspiring creativity. You deserve way more attention for this, let's hope me and the other 7000 people weren't the last ones to get steered towards this corner of the internet by its beloved and mysterious algorithms.

[@TodePond]

Wow thank you very much for the kind comment! I'm glad you found it inspiring :) This "type" of video has been a really gradual thing. For the really hardy, you can look back through my old videos to see them change over time, and to see how we got here! Some of the first videos are a bit boring, but it picks up over time haha!

[@nnmrts]

@@TodePond Thanks, I already binged through half the 3d sand videos right after watching this video. I love them.

[@TodePond]

@@nnmrts Haha amazing, thanks! If you watch them all in order, you'll be able to 'get' all the references and callbacks!

[@Roy-K]

No, bird, don’t get discouraged😢 There were some really cool automata that I’d never heard of before, loved this video!!

[@pinkshortcomedy]

this is so cool. i guess i just accepted that Conway's game of life exists and didn't look into other cellular automata, but this perspective is refreshing.

[@PunmasterSTP]

I think that so much has already been done before, but coding something up yourself can be extremely fun. You can also put your own spin on things, such as a slightly different visualization or a few tweaks or generalizations, and I think that can add real value. In any case, I appreciated the stuff you did in this video, and I hope you keep doing more things like it!

[@TodePond]

Thank you very much! I'll keep going :) and yes! So much has been done, and there's so much more to do (and redo) for fun 🐦 whether you're old or you're new just be you

[@hingsunhome]

Good idea: make a Mashup of different cellular automata and see how they react

[@leyasep5919]

1:12 I see what you did here. Moore or Lesse.

[@TodePond]

Well spotted!!

[@bidibidifortnitebattlepassi]

this is the first video i watched and i spend a whole night investigating Cellular Automata

[@TodePond]

Great!! Sounds fun :)

[@PiercingSight]

This is one of the most charming things I've seen in a long time. I love this so much. Instant subscription. The small tweaks you made to each of the systems was delightful, and it was fun seeing how the variations resulted in different yet very similar outputs. Absolutely delightful!~

[@NonUnknownDev]

this is not a video, this is a trip! I never tripped with programming before, thanks for this travel!

[@TodePond]

Haha thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the journey!!!

[@alvaxo7]

This is literally one of the best directed videos i have ever seen, it´s interesting, the music and voice match perfectly for a relaxed view and nobody is acknowledging how he managed to explain multiple well know automata in a fast, easy and interesting way; and your visuals and characters are so charming and memorable. This is the first video i encountered from your channel but you deserve way more suscribers, good luck and hope to see you succeed.

[@thatsalot3577]

Sus-cribers 💀

[@DanDeebster]

I'm glad this is a just a story about Berd and that it's to be continued; a little thought in the back of my head was worried that this was your way of announcing you quit!

[@TodePond]

Don't worry, SandPond Saga 4EVA!!!!!!

[@ilmanti]

I can't believe this video only has 100,000 views. Incredible work, literally art.

[@neey3832]

"Almost everything that can be created have been already created"

[@TodePond]

Hmmmm, no I think there's definitely loads more sands still to discover ⏳

[@7n7o]

Absolutely surreal!

[@cocoafrix]

This channel is amazing, I subscribed after the first video. Haven’t watched the full video yet, but I can already tell it has enough work and thought behind it to rival some of the biggest channels out there. BTW: was the music sync with your words at 3:09 intentional? Super cool detail!!

[@TodePond]

Thanks very much! It's a been a real adventure so far. and yes, I spend a lot of time planning how the script will sync up with the music. have to do those parts together. and i chop up and place each line manually to make it feel right

[@hussainbergthesalafi1055]

Who ever made this Video is a Genius

[@TodePond]

That's me! Thank you Papa Stalin!

[@apesander]

This feels like a movie. Amazing work!

[@arivanhouten6343]

Thankfully youtube recommended me this channel. The quality of the content is something unique and I like the approach very much. If I may say, your voice might be a little too "unfiltered" (if thats a good word to describe it) but that doesn't really distract or bug me. Keep it up!

[@Mayeru]

remember me to watch this high.

[@_ish]

This is probably the best thing YT has recommended me... You're massively underrated!

[@TodePond]

Thank you, that's very kind! I'm pleased you found the pond :)

[@the_m_original]

i knew the game of life and the langton's ant, everything else i didnt.

[@TodePond]

great! sounds like you discovered some new cellular automatons

[@LMProduction]

This is such a unique niche you got here. Something like "somewhat creepy, uneasy mathematics and programming". This bird character you're playing is perfect, and the voice is so machine like and uneasy I love it. Please make more videos like this I've subscribed!!!

[@pontierent734]

I love how you make videos with other purposes other than to show off what you've coded

[@MonkeySimius]

That was really fun. I liked how you innocently named each of your new codes only to have the commentators throw it in your face that you copied something with a similar name. That cracked me up every time. This is the first video of yours I have seen but I like your voice and your humor. I just hope this video was fun to make and wasn't some call for help about how difficult it is to keep coming up with new ideas constantly to appease the KZbin algorithm gods.

[@TodePond]

it's all good i had a lot of fun with this one :) i really enjoy making these videos

[@CubsYT]

Congrats on 1k subscribers! Love the video, I wish I knew how to video edit the way you do

[@TodePond]

Thank you Cubs! :) I'm trying to learn as I go - check out my old videos to see the difference haha.... Your wand game is looking amazing by the way!!!

[@CubsYT]

@@TodePond​oh thank you so much! When we push our first playable version in a few weeks you'll be the first one to try it

[@fintux]

Oh 🐦. I like the.. how to put it.. "etheric ambience" (?) on the video. I certainly have to go and check out some other videos on this channel!

[@ITR]

As somebody who has dealt a lot with automatas in the past this was a fun watch

[@flowckey]

I'm new and want to note that that's the first video I see of your 6.09k subs channel

[@MarkArmour]

bruh I unironically thought that your diagonal game of life was better than conway's. The gliders are usually diagonal anyways... it just works better that way

[@goodboiadvsp3297]

I like how the scribbles are Fourier transforms

[@EDoyl]

New to You is still new. If someone else has done it before it's a connection across time and an opportunity to learn more. Unless you want NEW to mean "publishable". That's much less fun.

[@offbeatstuff8473]

This is insane genius and the best coding related video ive ever seen

[@WomboBraker]

skateboarding is an amazing album. Props for choosing this particular song my friend.

[@TodePond]

Yes! Far Away Place is such a banger! It's always nice to share the music I like in these videos. I listen to it when I'm coding the stuff, so it makes sense to put into the videos too :)

[@willhart2188]

This video got recommended to me. I especially liked the RGB one near the end.

[@TodePond]

I'm glad you found it! Thanks for watching :)

[@writethatdown100]

This cellular automata are so interesting! I can't believe I've never heard of them before. I'm going to try to make one of these

[@TodePond]

Great! I'm glad you've discovered them! I hope you have fun :)

[@hkayakh]

“Turns out it’s hard to make new stuff” -a quote that I definitely made myself and wasn’t hard to make

[@jowoel3000]

I am impressed at how well this held my attention and how much I was laughing at you crossing everything out. Amazing video.

[@sprot3464]

I just got recommended this channel and I'm binging it. Absolutely surreal and the comedy is so unique. I just don't know what to say. Cheers

[@J2ko]

I think I relate to this video too much... Sometimes I worry about making something unique and forget about the fun in making my own version of something that already exists!

[@ERRORRubiksZeraBrand]

i love all of these. they look very new to me

[@dominiklukacs7677]

Gives me 'Salad Fingers' vibes

[@Grynya]

cool generation methods. I used and mixed similar ones in my project to generate structures for a 2D world in 2017, I really enjoyed working with all of them, even though I reinvented the wheel. It's interesting to see others try this.

[@Tymaster_E-tk8do]

This video is both berd raging and showing off cool automata

[@howaretherenousernamesleft]

This is incredibly high quality, I'm shocked you still only have 1.17k subscribers

[@TodePond]

Thank you very much! :) The pond is a well-kept secret...

[@markb6978]

Don’t feel sad or frustrated Berd, I liked your automata!

[@Elektrolite111]

There’s a really interesting version of the plant automata where they add predators

[@TodePond]

Yes! I originally had it in the script, but I removed it to keep it more to-the-point

[@ShinigamiZone]

Now that I watched all the videos of you, this is somehow my favorite currently 😊

[@TodePond]

congrats! thanks, this was a fun one! next video will be another berd-hosted one

[@Dysiode]

Wow! What an incredible journey! Praise The Algorithm for bringing me here!

[@TodePond]

I said it already, but thank you very much :)

[@BananasGoMooDev]

1: This is definitely not what I was expecting when I originally clicked the video, but I ended up staying for the whole thing, it was very interesting. 2: I am most definitely not usually an ASMR type of person, but this was very unexpectedly ASMR and I enjoyed it. I think it's the way you say sentences. 3: I have never studied any of these topics beyond having seen them, but I feel like I actually understand how they work now, which is extra not what I was expecting going into this video lol. Excuse me while i go watch more of these

[@atlas7309]

Just found you channel and your voice is really soothing

[@radshiba_]

ive been developing my own game of life simulator in unity an was looking for inspiration for new automata... i think this helped :)

[@TodePond]

Great! Sounds cool! and I'm glad it helped :)

[@alien-project]

A very lovely and refreshingly honest video! It beautifully reflects our desire to discover new things. I enjoyed watching it!

[@TodePond]

Brilliant, thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed watching it! :)

[@AndrewWalpole]

Wonderful, though perhaps something more asynchronous would be more original, with a neighborhood of 40 surrounding squares, surely that's new!

[@TodePond]

Great idea! I'll call it... the Moveable Feast Device :)

[@pricklypearenterprises]

Fantastic video, cute bird :)

[@TodePond]

♥🐦

[@yes4588]

Underrated channel, right there

[@TodePond]

Hey thank you very much!! :) Glad you like it! there's a new video coming later today 👀

[@rufusdickinson8818]

this video is art. i'm astonished.

[@eisenhammer01]

This video was an incredibly trippy experience! I thoghroughly enjoyed. Hope The KZbin Algorithm gives this video the attention it deserves

[@vinijoncrafts7213]

4:02 THIS MADE MY JAW DROP, I ALMOST SCREAMED LMAO such great content!!

[@Trylo-bot]

omfg dude idk why I love this but I love this

[@TodePond]

Thank you! :) Let me know if you find out

[@culi7068]

This is actually my all time favorite youtube video... thank you

[@TodePond]

Oh wow that is a massive compliment! Thank you so much - I'm pleased you liked it :)

[@culi7068]

@@TodePond I was going to make a Patreon for the first time to support but I looked into it and it seems they take a cut? Would you be open to making a Liberapay? It's FLOSS, non-profit, doesn't take a cut, etc. And I can be your first donor on it haha

[@TodePond]

@@culi7068 Oh wow that is very generous of you, thank you very much! Yes patreon take a little cut. I use patreon to run votes, and post weekly updates and things like that, so I'm happy to take a cut for that. I don't think Liberapay does that sort of thing (yet). That being said - it's totally up to you! If you would like to join my patreon and access these things, then please feel free to do so! If you'd rather use Liberapay though, that's also fine! :) You won't be able to participate in votes, but I can investigate auto-forwarding the weekly updates to any patrons on Liberapay 🤔 Let me know :) I'm setting up a Liberapay account either way just in case!

[@TodePond]

It's set up now at liberapay.com/TodePond/ So feel free to go for whatever you prefer! I'm totally happy for you to use patreon, where you'll get access to more things, but it's up to you :) Thanks again!

[@culi7068]

@@TodePond Hmmm good point. I donated on liberapay (mostly because I've always wanted an excuse to use it tbh haha). I'd be willing to pay the minimum on Patreon as well if you made me feel a bit better about it by also promoting your liberapay in future video descriptions haha. It's totally cool if not tho. I understand if you would prefer to avoid splitting up your patron community platform

[@edyfung893]

I love the way of storytelling!

[@TodePond]

Thank you very much! Glad you like it :)