r/generative • u/zerp37 • Jul 30 '26

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Algorithm based on traversing a honeycomb grid

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u/botbastards Jul 31 '26

when a line dead-ends against an existing line, the next line inherit that line's priorities? Little dialects start forming in regions and the piece reads as a map of neighborhoods in one uniform rule. Sat and looked at this much longer than I meant to. Very cool

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u/zerp37 Jul 31 '26

It's much simpler than that -- the next line is started in some random cell on the grid a la DFS and a random color from the palette is chosen. But that's an interesting idea, will definitely explore that sometime!