rileyjshaw on Show HN: Terra, a JS framework for cellular automata and biological simulations

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Very cool! Let me know when you include it and I'll add a link to the page

Ok (: I'm still figuring out the mechanics. The only thing I don't really like is the way it works. Is global... :/

It doesn't have to be global! Terra works as a module with most popular module systems. For example:

  var terra = require('./terra.min.js');

should work in any CommonJS environment.

ttty 12y

I mean when you register

    terra.creatureFactory.register({type: 'firstCreature'});

this is stored in the global `terra` variable... Would be better IMO

    var terra = new Terra();terra.creatureFactory.register({type: 'firstCreature'});

rileyjshawOP12y

I understand what you mean now. Are you able to make a pull request (or an issue) at https://github.com/rileyjshaw/terra? Pretty busy for the next few days but I'll try to get to it

rileyjshawOP12y

Actually, I've been thinking more about this and feel it's better to define creatures on the root terra object. Running the same simulation 100 times with slightly different starting conditions, for example, would require a new terrarium for each trial but creatures should be shared between..

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