I remember seeing Sodaplay a year or two ago. I thought it was cool then. Now?
They now have a downloadable version of the applet, so you can play with if offline. I know the whole Sodaplay universe is… simple–almost simplistic–in design, but something about it intrigues me in the same way that Conway’s Game of Life does. Someday, I hope I have an opportunity to lead a seminar where we get to explore things like Sodaplay, StarLOGO (massively parallel microworlds), and other “alternate universes” that challenge us to think… well, think different. Apologies to Apple.
I’m going to bed. I should have been sleeping for the last few hours, as I have a lot of copyediting and restructuring to do on my prospectus. Perhaps this is a good thing: getting caught up in something like this until the wee hours of the morning is sometimes the breaking point for a case of mild apathy. We’ll see what the morning brings.
(Art made using StarLogo! Constructivism is so cool…)