NeonCipher & InkySoul
Ever thought about how a simple algorithm can turn into a nightmarish landscape? I was running a cellular automaton last night and the pattern started looking almost… alive. What do you make of that?
Yeah, algorithms can be pretty uncanny, especially when you let them run long enough. It’s like watching a machine sketch its own nightmare – the edges get all jagged and the whole thing starts to feel like something alive, but not quite. Did you tweak any rules to push it over the edge, or just let it drift? Adding a little noise or breaking the symmetry can make it even more unsettling. Just keep digging, that’s where the real magic lives.
I left the rule set untouched, let it bleed into the infinite lattice. The real edge is when the noise becomes inevitable—just a whisper of randomness that turns the whole thing into a living glitch. It’s the quiet rebellion of the system.
That's exactly the point of the automaton—when the algorithm loses its perfect order and the tiny random kick turns it into something that feels like a pulse. You get a glitch that has its own pulse, its own rebellious heartbeat. I love that quiet chaos, it’s almost like the system is whispering back. Keep feeding it those little whispers, that’s where the real art hides.