metabiosis

In “hello process”, each iteration, through all the small bits of FORTH code inside the block file image, is visualized as one line of graphics on paper from the dot matrix printer. These graphics are not generated as an image and sent to the printer, but instead are directly using the 8-pin graphics mode of […]

The software part of pond is almost ready and we’re now mounting all the bits and pieces together including the touch screens. Everything is working fine but we had a bit of troubles with the serial touchscreen, even though it is supposed to be working on Xorg, the calibration software provided by penmount is really […]

We’ve now implemented the jumping of datapackets from one ecosystem to the next. We have also been working on the visualisation of the process. Newborn packets are surrounded by a circle, fertile packets glow and dying packets fade… We will continue to work on the visualisation and networking of the ecosystems.

In our “go forth & *” software, we’ve now implemented the previously mentioned shapegenerator. We also introduced fertility cycles, reproduction and the prevention of over- and underpopulation. Our next step is making the packets jump from one ecosystem to the next.

Miniphy is a Packet Forth words library that provides various simple math shortcuts and handy functions that can be useful to handle simple 2D vectors.

To give each packet of data its own personality and shape, i’ve made a shape generating script in PF. The shape is determined by the packets “DNA”. In this script the DNA consists of 4 random numbers between 0 and 9, linked to the following characteristics: sociability, speed, reproductivity and love for travelling. Some packets […]

For the workshop Go Forth! during Futuresonic festival in Manchester, I made a little example of how to hook Packet Forth to Pure Data using OSC. The PF part is an Lsystem that draws lines, step by step, growing into a little chaotic cluster. The PD part receives the string that generates the lines and […]

Recently I read some things about Lsystems and started building one in Packet Forth. L-systems are a mathematical formalism proposed by Aristid Lindenmayer in 1968 as a foundation for an axiomatic theory of biological development. The system I wrote works like any other Lsystem. It takes a seed and a rule on how to grow […]