feat: made antProgramming dynamic

langtons-ant/TODO

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 UI -> toggleButton so camera follows ant
    -> reset camera button
    -> pause button
-customizable tile->dir->color logic (im thinking we do a dict: {tileState, (newDir, newTileCol)})
 dynamically generate tile colours (using a big palette for indexing maybe?) this probably needs to be a shader.

langtons-ant/ant.gd

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var pos: Vector2i = Vector2i(0,0)
 var dir: TileSet.CellNeighbor = TileSet.CELL_NEIGHBOR_RIGHT_SIDE
 @onready var tiles: TileMapLayer = get_node("../TileMapLayer")
 
-var next_dir: Dictionary = {
+var cur_dir: Dictionary = {
 	0: TileSet.CELL_NEIGHBOR_RIGHT_SIDE,
 	1: TileSet.CELL_NEIGHBOR_BOTTOM_RIGHT_SIDE,
 	2: TileSet.CELL_NEIGHBOR_BOTTOM_LEFT_SIDE,
@@ -22,43 +22,41 @@ var cur_int: Dictionary = {
 	TileSet.CELL_NEIGHBOR_TOP_RIGHT_SIDE: 5,
 }
 
+var antProgram: Dictionary = {
+		0: Vector2i(-2, 1),
+		1: Vector2i(0, 2),
+		2: Vector2i(0, 3),
+		3: Vector2i(-1, 4),
+		4: Vector2i(-2, 5),
+		5: Vector2i(-1, 0),
+}
+
+func getNextStep(tile: int) -> Vector2i:
+	return antProgram.get(tile, Vector2i(0,0))
+
 func _ready() -> void:
 	self.set_z_index(1)
 	self.set_frame(cur_int[dir])
-	tiles.set_tile(pos, (tiles.get_tile_colour(pos))) # TODO: should probably use another dictionary
-	move()
+	tiles.set_tile(pos, tiles.get_tile_colour(pos))
+	move(dir)
 
+# update loop:
+# move in dir
+# get tile col, change dir based on col
+# paint tile col
 func update() -> void:
-	var tile: int = tiles.get_tile_colour(pos)
-	var newFrame: int = cur_int[dir]
-	
-	# TODO: turn into dict{tileCol, (nextDir, paintCol)} customizable
-	match tile:
-		0:
-			newFrame = (newFrame + 5) % tiles.numTiles
-		1:
-			newFrame = (newFrame + 4) % tiles.numTiles
-		2:
-			newFrame = (newFrame + 0) % tiles.numTiles
-		3:
-			newFrame = (newFrame + 0) % tiles.numTiles
-		4:
-			newFrame = (newFrame + 5) % tiles.numTiles
-		5:
-			newFrame = (newFrame + 4) % tiles.numTiles 
-		_:
-			pass
-	dir = next_dir[newFrame]
-		
-	move()
+	move(dir)
 	pos = tiles.get_neighbor_cell(pos, dir)
-	tile = tiles.get_tile_colour(pos)
-	tiles.set_tile(pos, (tile + 1) % tiles.numTiles) # TODO: should probably use another dictionary
-	self.set_frame(newFrame)
 	
-func move() -> void:
+	var tile: int = tiles.get_tile_colour(pos)
+	var res = getNextStep(tile)
+	dir = cur_dir[(cur_int[dir] + tiles.numTiles + res.x) % tiles.numTiles]
+	self.set_frame(dir)
+	tiles.set_tile(pos, res.y % tiles.numTiles) 
+	
+func move(to: TileSet.CellNeighbor) -> void:
 	var delta: Vector2
-	match dir:
+	match to:
 		TileSet.CELL_NEIGHBOR_RIGHT_SIDE:
 			delta = Vector2(tiles.texSize.x, 0)
 		TileSet.CELL_NEIGHBOR_BOTTOM_RIGHT_SIDE:

langtons-ant/grid.gd

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 extends Node2D
 
-@export var stepSize: float = 2
-@export var ant: Sprite2D
-@export var tiles: TileMapLayer
 var t: float = -1
 var paused: bool = false
-
+@export var stepSize: float = 20
+@export var ant: Sprite2D
+@export var tiles: TileMapLayer
 # Called when the node enters the scene tree for the first time.
 func _ready() -> void:
 	pass
@@ -19,6 +18,6 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> void:
 	if paused: return
 	
 	t += delta
-	if (t > stepSize/100):
+	if (t > stepSize/1000):
 		t = 0
 		ant.update()