Simple rules, complex result: Langton's Ant

An ant walking in a world of square tiles. Complex patterns emerging from simple rules.

[@thebrickccentric3728]

This is great! I can't find many other examples of Langton's Ant on non-square graphs, so thanks for making this!

[@svenfauth]

I know langtons ant for more than 20 years but never seen it on a hexa grid. This is fantastic. Thank you very much.

[@MarinusMakesStuff]

Interesting how the hexagon and triangle ones basically produce the same pattern. The square effect seems to be the most random. Gotta dive into this a bit more. Very interesting algorhythm.

[@GarryDumblowski]

They produce the same pattern because they're literally the same, hah. Notice how there are regular "holes" in the patterns in the hexagonal structure? Those represent the corners of the triangular structure, where six triangles meet.

[@iamsushi1056]

Ok hexagrid Langston’s Ant is seriously cool

[@KilgoreTroutAsf]

Great job! I wonder if there is a practical way of making these on Penrose tessellations.

[@DrGreen2015]

I wonder what would happen if you did something like this, but on a hyperbolic or spherical surface

[@rosiefay7283]

Thank you for considering a hexagonal-grid turmite. (The triangular-grid turmite is the same as the hexagonal-grid one, just displayed differently.)

[@Raven_Gamingz]

Langton's ant looks kinda like a conway game of life

[@ianmoore5502]

Sus in ant

[@deoxys7256]

Only big brains undeestsnd

[@Kyrkkk]

Me

[@ba-it3xz]

AMOGUS!!!!!!