Tagged · 2d

Fluoddity

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2d

57 specimens carry this tag

Fig. 1

Growing crystals:

collected 25 May 2026

Fig. 2

Particles interact through trails that diffuse…

collected 25 May 2026

Fig. 3

Sausage Links and Sparkles

collected 25 May 2026

Fig. 4

Individual particles dont belong to a particular…

collected 25 May 2026

Fig. 5

Hatman!

collected 26 May 2026

Fig. 6

A fragile membrane

collected 26 May 2026

Fig. 7

Blobs and butterflies

collected 26 May 2026

Fig. 8

I love a good metastable Fluoddity config. Like…

collected 26 May 2026

Fig. 9

The hardest part is getting global parameters in…

collected 27 May 2026

Fig. 10

In general I'm just throwing around…

collected 27 May 2026

Fig. 11

Let's call these clumps of same-behavior…

collected 27 May 2026

Fig. 12

I think you'll find many settings have a strong…

collected 27 May 2026

Fig. 13

This is what 64 randomly generated agent…

collected 27 May 2026

Fig. 14

At this point I'll usually drop to 9, 16, or 25…

collected 27 May 2026

Fig. 15

So down to 9 cohorts, each with a small mutation…

collected 27 May 2026

Fig. 16

I'll do a few rounds of selection on this…

collected 27 May 2026

Fig. 17

Sometimes I'll fiddle with the global settings…

collected 27 May 2026

Fig. 18

Eventually I'll go down to one cohort, set a…

collected 27 May 2026

Fig. 19

All the examples here are running at 600hz. I'll…

collected 27 May 2026

Fig. 20

As far as specific parameters: trail_decay…

collected 27 May 2026

Fig. 21

I like to set axial forces…

collected 27 May 2026

Fig. 22

There was a period of time where I got really…

collected 27 May 2026

Fig. 23

Even made a version with some natural selection.…

collected 27 May 2026

Fig. 24

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Fig. 27

Had a chance to play with this. I'd say its…

collected 28 May 2026

Fig. 28

I frequently do toroidal edge wrapping just…

collected 28 May 2026

Fig. 29

This make me think about a genre of fluoddities…

collected 28 May 2026

Fig. 30

Strivers

collected 28 May 2026

Fig. 31

Bounce

collected 28 May 2026

Fig. 32

Closest I got from the archive is this: I'm…

collected 28 May 2026

Fig. 33

In addition to structures we see in nature like…

collected 28 May 2026

Fig. 34

Kind of a silly name, but oh well. Etymology on…

collected 28 May 2026

Fig. 35

A common thread among configs I find interesting…

collected 28 May 2026

Fig. 36

Omegas seem to result from "two way traffic"…

collected 28 May 2026

Fig. 37

Some configurations display the omega motif, but…

collected 28 May 2026

Fig. 38

Closely related to omegas: membranes more…

collected 28 May 2026

Fig. 39

Here's a nice closeup of the process in a…

collected 28 May 2026

Fig. 40

A wider, faster view of the situation. I could…

collected 28 May 2026

Fig. 41

Lucky for me, the noisy fluoddity particles mask…

collected 28 May 2026

Fig. 42

Anyway, hi. My name is Oops all Paperclips and…

collected 28 May 2026

Fig. 43

MJ thread @norvid-studies.bsky.social

collected 28 May 2026

Fig. 44

Paperwork amusement Park ride for serious…

collected 28 May 2026

Fig. 45

Quick proof of concept: You can still get…

collected 29 May 2026

Fig. 46

You'd think that after hundreds of hours it'd be…

collected 29 May 2026

Fig. 47

It would certainly be a pain given that this is…

collected 29 May 2026

Fig. 48

Bonus second bird. I was really aiming for crow…

collected 29 May 2026

Fig. 49

Hm. Not very long. Editors like shadertoy and…

collected 29 May 2026

Fig. 50

Ok, I wasn't giving Claude enough credit. After…

collected 29 May 2026

Fig. 51

Thanks! Here, have another one from the cutting…

collected 29 May 2026

Fig. 52

There was a massive bug. There are probably…

collected 1 June 2026

Fig. 53

This is the same config in 2d.

collected 1 June 2026

Fig. 54

We can even bias the sensor-plane sampler…

collected 2 June 2026

Fig. 55

I'm fascinated by the ridges in these leafy…

collected 9 June 2026

Fig. 56

Pool Party

collected 15 June 2026

Fig. 57

Thus far, I haven't been finding crystals in 3d.…

collected 27 June 2026