Coding Challenge #89: Langton's Ant

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Langton's Ant is a cellular automaton that starts off with simples rules but takes on complex emergent behavior. Code: https://thecodingtrain.com/challenges/89-langtons-ant

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References:
📄 Langton's Ant on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langton's_ant

Videos:
🚂 Pixels! (Processing Tutorial): https://youtu.be/EmtU0eloTlE
🐜 Langton's Ant: https://youtu.be/NWBToaXK5T0

Related Coding Challenges:
🚂 #85 The Game of Life: https://youtu.be/FWSR_7kZuYg
🚂 #102 2D Water Ripple: https://youtu.be/BZUdGqeOD0w

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction and setup code!
1:46 Writing the algorithm for the motion of Langton's ant
9:09 Visualizing Langton's Ant
12:33 Debugging and testing!
14:53 Refactoring the code!
20:06 Things to try!
20:46 Outro!

Editing by Mathieu Blanchette
Animations by Jason Heglund
Music from Epidemic Sound

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