Wanted to throw something together for p8jam2, so did a spin on the forest-fire cellular automata.
Controls
Up/down: adjust probability of new fires
Left/right: adjust probability of tree growth
Button 1: reset probabilities
Button 1+2: reset map
(Warning: you could probably give yourself a seizure by cranking up the probabilities to the max.)
If you're not familiar with forest-fire, the rules are as follows:
1) A burning cell will become an empty cell
2) A tree will start to burn if at least one neighbor is burning
3) A tree ignites with probability f even if no neighbor is burning
4) An empty space fills with a tree with probability p
(from Wikipedia)


Cellular automata is love. Cellular automata is life.
Very clean presentation, I love the look of the trees and the fire!


Quite fun to tinker around with! I included it in my Pico-8 Jam #2 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :)
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