WireWorld DS

WireWorld DS
General
Author	asiekierka
Type	Math
Version	1.0a
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2024/05/01
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WireWorld DS is a homebrew version of a cellular automation under the same name. It was developed by asiekierka and was first released in 2008.

Features

• Basic WireWorld implemented.
• Editor builtin.
• Clear/clear electrons.
• Settings, some more settings.
• A title screen.
• Scrolling.

Installation

Download and extract file.

DLDI patch .nds file and copy it to the root directory of the card.

User guide

WireWorld has 4 states:

• Space - Represented by black.
• Wire - Represented by gold.
• Spark - Rrepresented by red.
• Tail - Represented by blue.

Spark changes to tail.

Tail changes to wire.

Wire changes to spark if it's surrounded by 1 or 2 sparks.

Even with so simple rules, it's able to implement many stuff in it, even a computer.

Controls

L - Load file

R - Save file

X - Toggle between saving the previous state and restoring it

Y or Stylus - Toggle between slow and normal motion

A or Stylus - Toggle on/off

Stylus - Drawing, Others

Screenshots

Changelog

1.0a 2024/05/01

• Updated it to compile under latest BlocksDS and fixed another minor bug.

1.0 2020/06/27

• Updated it to compile under latest devkitPro and fixed some minor bugs.

1.0 RC1

• The first released 1.0 version.
• Scrolling finished
• Scanline/refresh bug fixed
• Moved to a 1D array (now some code uses one for instead of two, but some still needs 2D, and so i use a 1D-to-2D #define converter)

1.0 beta 0

• Had this evil scanline/refresh bug.
• Scrolling half-done

0.6

• LOTS of optimization.
• Some bugfixes, unsure
• Added controls information on the touch screen while on the title.
• Maybe something else.

0.5a

• Fixed the thread a bit.
• Fixed the annoying map uninitalization bug.
• Modded the title screen a bit.
• Now you can toggle between slow/normal motion on the touch screen.

0.5

• Sadly, it dosen't feature scrolling, it's too slow to be used.
• A title screen.
• Toggling between slow and normal motion.
• You can now save your previous state before running the generation, it'll be there when you'll stop it.
• Fixed the dreaded loading bug.
• Fixed a little annoying issue.
• Added a non-DLDI version to the ZIP.

0.4

• Speed up the slowest function 34 times (thanks eKid).
• Fixed the saving bug by accident.
• Some very little changes in the engine.

0.3

• Added loading (and saving).
• Saving was buggy.

0.2a

• Fixed the start/stop button toggling too fast.

0.2

• Improved drawing engine (requested by 0xtob, thanks for his algorithm).
• Little improvments.
• DLDI compilancy (just wasted file size for now).

0.1b

• Added clear function.
• Added "kill electrons".
• Made the lower-right icon show the right icon.

0.1

• Fixed many 0.02 bugs.
• Somebody from #dsdev changed globals to locals.
• Changed YX's to XY's.

0.02

• Pre-release version.
• Didn't have many bugs, but still.
• Added the lower-right "state indicate" icon.
• Fixed 0.01b bugs.

0.01b

• Pre-release version.
• Had a lot of bugs.
• Added cellular simulation.
• Fixed bugs from 0.01.

0.01

• Pre-release version.
• Had a lot of bugs.
• Ported from Pascal to C.
• Added the editor.

0.001

• PASCAL VERSION.
• Stopped after we (#dsdev) didn't find anything to write stuff to the map.
• The first ever version.

External links

• GitHub - https://github.com/asiekierka/WireWorld-DS