User:Aadenboy/Forces and such

This is still a work in progress. It may be changed in the future.

Forces and such, which is written as a generic noun, is a 2D physics-based cellular automata.

Concept

An actor is defined as the object which is taking action against another. For example, if an arrow pushes a box, the arrow is the actor in that scenario. Each object has a lightweight, heavyweight, and elastic variant, where lightweight objects are permissive and unrestrictive, heavyweight objects are restrictive and persistent, and elastic objects are reactive and dynamic (acting either as a lightweight or heavyweight depending on the situation).

Each force has a bias associated with it. When a force reciprocates across objects (as a means of applying said force), any objects which will will provide the same result add onto the bias, no longer requiring computation. Elastic variants and forces traveling opposite of the force decrease bias.

• Arrows (←↑→↓⇐⇑⇒⇓) immediately create a pushing force in their direction. The lightweight variants (←↑→↓) will disappear once they push an object.
• Boxes (□■▣), when pushed, move one step in the direction they were pushed, before stopping.
  • The lightweight variant (□) will allow the actor to take its place as it moves
  • The heavyweight variant (■) will stop the actor where it initially was, removing any momentum the actor had.
  • The elastic variant (▣) depends on how many actors there are and how many of itself is being pushed at once. If the bias is negative, it acts like a heavyweight. Equal, and momentum is removed but the boxes move like a lightweight. Greater, and they act like lightweights.
• Marbles (○●◉), when pushed, gain momentum in that direction. Marbles move one step in the direction of their momentum, and follow similar actor pushing logic as the boxes.
• Springs (◇◆◈) reciprocate a force that an actor applies on it.
  • The lightweight variant (◇) will apply a force in every direction, including back to the actor.
  • The heavyweight variant (◆) will only apply a force in the direction the actor was traveling, stopping the actor as a result.
  • The elastic variant (◈) will act like a lightweight where a bias would be greater than one, but acts like a heavyweight once it is zero, and no further in the negatives.

Examples

1 →□□□□
2   □□□□

1 →■■■■
2  ■■■ ■

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1 →○ ○ ○
2   ○○ ○
3    ○○○
4     ○○○
5      ○○○
⋮

1 →● ● ●
2   ●● ●
3   ● ●●
4   ● ● ●
5   ● ●  ●
⋮

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1     →○ ▣▣▣
2       ○▣▣▣
3       ○▣▣ ▣

1   →○○○ ▣▣▣
2     ○○○▣▣▣
3     ○○○ ▣▣▣

1 →○○○○○ ▣▣▣
2   ○○○○○▣▣▣
3    ○○○○○▣▣▣
4     ○○○○○▣▣▣
5      ○○○○○▣▣▣
⋮

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1 →○  ◇○
2   ○ ◇○
3    ○◇○
4   ○ ◇ ○
5  ○  ◇  ○
⋮

1 →○  ◆○
2   ○ ◆○
3    ○◆○
4    ○◆ ○
5    ○◆  ○
⋮

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1 →○○○ ◈◈◈◈◈
└      ○○○○○
2   ○○○◈◈◈◈◈
└      ○○○○○
3  ○○○ ◈◈◈◈◈
│        ○○○ 
└      ○○
4 ○○○  ◈◈◈◈◈
│        ○○○ 
│
└      ○○
⋮

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1 ⇒○  ◇● ←
2 ⇒ ○ ◇● ←
3 ⇒  ○◇● ←
4 ⇒ ○ ◇ ●←
5 ⇒○  ◇●
6 ⇒ ○ ◇●
7 ⇒  ○◇●
8 ⇒ ○ ◇ ●
9 ⇒○  ◇  ●
⋮