Dynamic Simulations

Written using a Semi-Autonomous Production Engine instance (SAPE), these visual simulations explore various concepts in mathematics and physics, along with some imaginative and made-up scenarios.

Render examples

• 3-body problem: Link
• Triangle escape: Link
• Ball vs. ceiling: Link
• Ball vs. circles: Link

Processing simulations

To use the simulations provided in this repo, follow these steps:

1. Download Processing

• Download and install Processing from processing.org.

2. Clone the repository or download a specific simulation

• Clone this repo or download a specific simulation from the simulations/processing folder. Each simulation folder contains the necessary files.

3. Open the simulation in Processing

• Navigate to the simulation's folder and open sim.pde in Processing.

4. Running the simulation/rendering a video

4A. If you want to render a video of the simulation:

• Ensure initializeRendering is set to true in sim.pde.
• Hit play in Processing to start the simulation.
• After running the simulation:
  • Navigate to the render folder.
  • Open the folder with the latest rendering session (e.g., "001").
  • Open commands.txt and copy the full rendering command.
  • Open a terminal at the root folder of the simulation and paste the command.
  • Execute the command in the terminal.
• The video will be rendered as output_final.mp4 in the respective render session folder.

4B. If you do not want to render a video:

• Make sure initializeRendering is set to false in sim.pde.
• Hit play in Processing to run the simulation.

Pygame simulations

1. Clone the repository or download a specific simulation

• Clone this repo or download a specific simulation from the simulations/pygame folder. Each simulation folder contains the necessary files.

2. Installing dependencies

• To run the simulations, you need to have the following libraries installed: pygame, opencv-python, moviepy, and pydub. You can install these dependencies using pip:

pip install pygame opencv-python moviepy pydub

3. Navigate to the simulation's folder:

• Each simulation is contained within its own folder in the simulations/pygame directory.

4. Running the simulation/rendering a video

4A. If you want to render a video of the simulation:

• Open sim.py.
• Ensure the RENDER_VIDEO variable is set to True.
• Run the script.
• The simulation will render a video file named simulation_with_audio.mp4 in the simulation's folder.

4B. If you do not want to render a video:

• Open sim.py.
• Ensure the RENDER_VIDEO variable is set to False.
• Run the script.