New LX fixes FlashEffect bug
[SugarCubes.git] / L8onWallace.pde
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-class CubeState {  
- public Integer index;
- public boolean alive;
- public List<Integer> neighbors;
- public CubeState(Integer index, boolean alive, List<Integer> neighbors) {
-   this.index = index;
-   this.alive = alive;
-   this.neighbors = neighbors;
- }
-}
-
-class Life extends SCPattern {
-  public final int TIME_BETWEEN_RUNS = 100;
-  public final int MAX_DEAD_BRIGHTNESS = 40;
-  private final SinLFO xPos = new SinLFO(0, model.xMax, 5000);
-  private final SinLFO yPos = new SinLFO(0, model.yMax, 5000);
+class L8onLife extends SCPattern {
+  // Controls the rate of life algorithm ticks, in milliseconds
+  private BasicParameter rateParameter = new BasicParameter("DELAY", 112.5, 0.0, 1000.0);
+  // Controls the probability of a mutation in the cycleOfLife
+  private BasicParameter mutationParameter = new BasicParameter("MUT", 0.000000011, 0.0, 0.1);
+  // Controls the saturation.
+  private BasicParameter saturationParameter = new BasicParameter("SAT", 90.0, 0.0, 100.0);
+    
+  public final double MIN_ALIVE_PROBABILITY = 0.2;
+  public final double MAX_ALIVE_PROBABILITY = 0.9;
   
-  public List<CubeState> cube_states;
-  public int time_since_last_run;
-  public boolean any_changes_this_run;
+  public final float MAX_ALIVE_BRIGHTNESS = 90.0;
+
+  private final SawLFO cubePos = new SawLFO(0, model.cubes.size(), 4000);
+
+  class CubeState {
+     // Index of cube in glucose.model.cubes
+     public Integer index;
+     // Boolean which describes if cube is alive.
+     public boolean alive;
+     // Boolean which describes if strip was just changed;
+     public boolean just_changed;
+     // Current brightness
+     public float current_brightness;
+     // List of this cubes neighbors
+     public List<Integer> neighbors;
+
+     public CubeState(Integer index, boolean alive, float current_brightness, List<Integer> neighbors) {
+       this.index = index;
+       this.alive = alive;
+       this.current_brightness = current_brightness;
+       this.neighbors = neighbors;
+     }
+  }
+
+  // Contains the state of all cubes by index.
+  private List<CubeState> cube_states;
+  // Contains the amount of time since the last cycle of life.
+  private int time_since_last_run;
+  // Boolean describing if life changes were made during the current run.
+  private boolean any_changes_this_run;
+  // Hold the new lives
+  private List<Boolean> new_lives;
   
-  public Life(GLucose glucose) {
-     super(glucose);  
-     outputCubeInfo();
+  public L8onLife(LX lx) {
+     super(lx);  
+     
+     //Print debug info about the cubes.
+     //outputCubeInfo();
+     
      initCubeStates();
      time_since_last_run = 0;
      any_changes_this_run = false;
-     addModulator(xPos).trigger();
-     addModulator(yPos).trigger();          
+     new_lives = new ArrayList<Boolean>();
+     
+     addParameter(rateParameter);     
+     addParameter(mutationParameter);
+     addParameter(saturationParameter);
+     addModulator(cubePos).trigger();
   }
   
   public void run(double deltaMs) {        
     Integer i = 0;    
-    CubeState cube_state;
+    CubeState cube_state;    
     
+    any_changes_this_run = false;        
+    new_lives.clear();
     time_since_last_run += deltaMs;
     
-    if(time_since_last_run < TIME_BETWEEN_RUNS) {
-      return;  
-    }
-    any_changes_this_run = false;        
-            
-    for (Cube cube : model.cubes) {    
+    for (Cube cube : model.cubes) {
       cube_state = this.cube_states.get(i);
-      
-      if(shouldBeAlive(i)) {
-        lightLiveCube(cube);
+
+      if(shouldLightCube(cube_state)) {
+        lightLiveCube(cube, cube_state, deltaMs);
       } else {
-        lightDeadCube(cube);
-      }                
-      i++;
+        lightDeadCube(cube, cube_state, deltaMs);
+      } 
+      
+      i++;      
     }
     
     if(!any_changes_this_run) {
       randomizeCubeStates();  
+    } else {
+      applyNewLives();
     }
     
-    time_since_last_run = 0;
+    if(time_since_last_run >= rateParameter.getValuef()) {
+      time_since_last_run = 0;
+    }    
   }
   
+  public void lightLiveCube(Cube cube, CubeState cube_state, double deltaMs) {
+    float cube_dist = LXUtils.wrapdistf((float) cube_state.index, cubePos.getValuef(), model.cubes.size());
+    float hv = (cube_dist / model.cubes.size()) * 360;
+    float bv = cube_state.current_brightness;
+
+    if(!cube_state.just_changed || deltaMs >= rateParameter.getValuef()) {
+      float bright_prop = min(((float) time_since_last_run / rateParameter.getValuef()), 1.0);
+      bv = min(MAX_ALIVE_BRIGHTNESS, bright_prop * MAX_ALIVE_BRIGHTNESS);
+
+      if(cube_state.current_brightness < bv) {
+        cube_state.current_brightness = bv;
+      } else {
+        bv = cube_state.current_brightness;
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (LXPoint p : cube.points) {
+      colors[p.index] = lx.hsb(
+        hv,
+        saturationParameter.getValuef(),        
+        bv
+      );
+    }        
+  }
+  
+  public void lightDeadCube(Cube cube, CubeState cube_state, double deltaMs) {
+    float cube_dist = LXUtils.wrapdistf((float) cube_state.index, cubePos.getValuef(), model.cubes.size());
+    float hv = (cube_dist / (float) model.cubes.size()) * 360;
+    float bv =  cube_state.current_brightness;
+
+    if(!cube_state.just_changed || deltaMs >= rateParameter.getValuef()) {
+      float bright_prop = 1.0 - min(((float) time_since_last_run / rateParameter.getValuef()), 1.0);
+      bv = max(0.0, bright_prop * MAX_ALIVE_BRIGHTNESS);
+
+      if(cube_state.current_brightness > bv) {
+        cube_state.current_brightness = bv;
+      } else {
+        bv = cube_state.current_brightness;
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (LXPoint p : cube.points) {
+      colors[p.index] = lx.hsb(
+        hv,
+        saturationParameter.getValuef(),        
+        bv
+      );     
+    }  
+  } 
+    
   public void outputCubeInfo() {
     int i = 0;      
     for (Cube c : model.cubes) {
@@ -74,28 +155,27 @@ class Life extends SCPattern {
     List<Integer> neighbors;
     boolean alive = false;  
     CubeState cube_state;      
-    this.cube_states = new LinkedList<CubeState>(); 
+    this.cube_states = new ArrayList<CubeState>();
+    float current_brightness = 0.0;
     Integer i = 0;     
     
-    for (Cube c : model.cubes) {      
+    for (Cube c : model.cubes) {
       neighbors = findCubeNeighbors(c, i);
       alive = true;
-      cube_state = new CubeState(i, alive, neighbors);      
+      cube_state = new CubeState(i, alive, current_brightness, neighbors);
       this.cube_states.add(cube_state);      
       ++i;
     }      
   }
  
-  private void randomizeCubeStates() {
-    print("randomizing!\n");
+  private void randomizeCubeStates() {  
+    double prob_range = (1.0 - MIN_ALIVE_PROBABILITY) - (1.0 - MAX_ALIVE_PROBABILITY);
+    double prob = MIN_ALIVE_PROBABILITY + (prob_range * Math.random());
     
-    float f = (xPos.getValuef() / model.xMax) * 10;     
-    int mod_value = max(2, (int) f);
-    
-    for (CubeState cube_state: this.cube_states) {      
-      if( (cube_state.index % mod_value == 0) == cube_state.alive) {
-        cube_state.alive = !cube_state.alive;  
-      }           
+    //print("Randomizing cubes! p = " + prob + "\n");
+     
+    for (CubeState cube_state: this.cube_states) {   
+      cube_state.alive = (Math.random() <= prob);            
     }    
   }
   
@@ -104,14 +184,11 @@ class Life extends SCPattern {
     Integer i = 0;
     
     for (Cube c : model.cubes) {          
-      if(index == i)  {
-        i++;
-        continue;
-      }
-      
-      if(abs(c.x - cube.x) < (Cube.EDGE_WIDTH * 2) && abs(c.y - cube.y) < (Cube.EDGE_HEIGHT * 2)) {      
-        print("Cube " + i + " is a neighbor of " + index + "\n");
-        neighbors.add(i);
+      if(index != i)  {                   
+        if(abs(c.x - cube.x) < (Cube.EDGE_WIDTH * 2) && abs(c.y - cube.y) < (Cube.EDGE_HEIGHT * 2)) {      
+          //print("Cube " + i + " is a neighbor of " + index + "\n");
+          neighbors.add(i);
+        }
       }
       
       i++;
@@ -120,33 +197,60 @@ class Life extends SCPattern {
     return neighbors;    
   }
   
-  public boolean shouldBeAlive(Integer index) {
-    CubeState cube_state = this.cube_states.get(index);    
-    Integer alive_neighbor_count = countLiveNeighbors(cube_state);           
-    
+  public boolean shouldLightCube(CubeState cube_state) {
+    // Respect rate parameter.
+    if(time_since_last_run < rateParameter.getValuef()) {
+      any_changes_this_run = true;
+      cube_state.just_changed = false;
+      return cube_state.alive;
+    } else {
+      boolean new_life = cycleOfLife(cube_state);
+      new_lives.add(new_life);
+      return new_life;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void applyNewLives() {
+    int index = 0;
+    for(boolean liveliness: new_lives) {
+      CubeState cube_state = this.cube_states.get(index);
+      cube_state.alive = new_lives.get(index);
+      index++;
+    }
+  }
+      
+  public boolean cycleOfLife(CubeState cube_state) {
+    Integer index = cube_state.index;
+    Integer alive_neighbor_count = countLiveNeighbors(cube_state);               
     boolean before_alive = cube_state.alive;
-            
+    boolean after_alive = before_alive;
+    double mutation = Math.random();
+              
     if(cube_state.alive) {
       if(alive_neighbor_count < 2 || alive_neighbor_count > 3) {
-        cube_state.alive = false;
+        after_alive = false;
       } else {
-        cube_state.alive = true;
+        after_alive = true;
       }
       
     } else {
-      if(alive_neighbor_count == 3) {
-        cube_state.alive = true;
+      if(alive_neighbor_count == 2) {
+        after_alive = true;
       } else {
-         cube_state.alive = false;   
+        after_alive = false;
       }
-    }  
-    
-    this.cube_states.set(index, cube_state);
-    
-    if(before_alive != cube_state.alive) {
-      any_changes_this_run = true;    
-    }   
-    return cube_state.alive;
+    }
+
+    if(mutation <= mutationParameter.getValuef()) {
+      after_alive = !after_alive;
+    }
+
+    if(before_alive != after_alive) {
+      cube_state.just_changed = true;
+      any_changes_this_run = true;
+    }
+
+    return after_alive;
   }
       
   public Integer countLiveNeighbors(CubeState cube_state) {
@@ -161,33 +265,523 @@ class Life extends SCPattern {
     }   
     
     return count;
-  }    
-  
-  public void lightLiveCube(Cube cube) {    
-    for (LXPoint p : cube.points) {
-      float hv = max(0, lx.getBaseHuef() - abs(p.x - xPos.getValuef()));
-      float bv = max(0, 100 - abs(p.y - yPos.getValuef()));
+  }         
+}
+
+class L8onAutomata extends SCPattern {
+  // Controls the rate of life algorithm ticks, in milliseconds
+  private BasicParameter rateParameter = new BasicParameter("DELAY", 75.0, 0.0, 1000.0);
+  // Controls the probability of a mutation in the cycleOfStripperLife
+  private BasicParameter mutationParameter = new BasicParameter("MUT", 0.000000011, 0.0, 0.1);
+  // Controls the rate of life algorithm ticks, in milliseconds
+  private BasicParameter saturationParameter = new BasicParameter("SAT", 90.0, 0.0, 100.0);
+
+  private final SawLFO pointPos = new SawLFO(0, model.points.size(), 8000);
+
+  public final double MIN_ALIVE_PROBABILITY = 0.2;
+  public final double MAX_ALIVE_PROBABILITY = 0.9;
+
+  public final float MAX_ALIVE_BRIGHTNESS = 90.0;
+
+  class PointState {
+     // Index of cube in glucose.model.cubes
+     public Integer index;
+     // Boolean which describes if cube is alive.
+     public boolean alive;
+     // Boolean which describes if strip was just changed;
+     public boolean just_changed;
+     // Current brightness
+     public float current_brightness;
+
+     public PointState(Integer index, boolean alive, float current_brightness) {
+       this.index = index;
+       this.alive = alive;
+       this.current_brightness = current_brightness;
+       this.just_changed = false;
+     }
+  }
+
+  // Contains the state of all cubes by index.
+  private List<PointState> point_states;
+  // Contains the amount of time since the last cycle of life.
+  private int time_since_last_run;
+  // Boolean describing if life changes were made during the current run.
+  private boolean any_changes_this_run;
+  // Hold the new lives
+  private List<Boolean> new_states;
+
+  public L8onAutomata(LX lx) {
+     super(lx);
+
+     //Print debug info about the cubes.
+     //outputCubeInfo();
+
+     initPointStates();
+     randomizePointStates();
+     time_since_last_run = 0;
+     any_changes_this_run = false;
+     new_states = new ArrayList<Boolean>();
+
+     addParameter(mutationParameter);
+     addParameter(rateParameter);
+     addParameter(saturationParameter);
+     addModulator(pointPos).trigger();
+  }
+
+  private void initPointStates() {
+    boolean alive = true;
+    PointState point_state;
+    this.point_states = new ArrayList<PointState>();
+    Integer i = 0;
+    float current_brightness = 0.0;
+
+    for (LXPoint p : model.points) {
+      point_state = new PointState(i, alive, current_brightness);
+      this.point_states.add(point_state);
+      ++i;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void run(double deltaMs) {
+    Integer i = 0;
+    PointState point_state;
+
+    any_changes_this_run = false;
+    new_states.clear();
+    time_since_last_run += deltaMs;
+
+    for (LXPoint p : model.points) {
+      point_state = this.point_states.get(i);
+
+      if(shouldLightPoint(point_state)) {
+        lightLivePoint(p, point_state, deltaMs);
+      } else {
+        lightDeadPoint(p, point_state, deltaMs);
+      }
+      i++;
+    }
+
+    if(!any_changes_this_run) {
+      randomizePointStates();
+    } else {
+      applyNewStates();
+    }
+
+    if(time_since_last_run >= rateParameter.getValuef()) {
+      time_since_last_run = 0;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void lightLivePoint(LXPoint p, PointState point_state, double deltaMs) {
+    float point_dist = LXUtils.wrapdistf((float) point_state.index, pointPos.getValuef(), model.points.size());
+    float hv = (point_dist / model.points.size()) * 360;
+    float bv = point_state.current_brightness;
+
+    if(deltaMs >= rateParameter.getValuef() || !point_state.just_changed) {
+      float bright_prop = min(((float) time_since_last_run / rateParameter.getValuef()), 1.0);
+      bv = min(MAX_ALIVE_BRIGHTNESS, bright_prop * MAX_ALIVE_BRIGHTNESS);
+
+      if(point_state.current_brightness < bv) {
+        point_state.current_brightness = bv;
+      } else {
+        bv = point_state.current_brightness;
+      }
+    }
+
+    colors[p.index] = lx.hsb(
+      hv,
+      saturationParameter.getValuef(),
+      bv
+    );
+  }
+
+  public void lightDeadPoint(LXPoint p, PointState point_state, double deltaMs) {
+    float point_dist = LXUtils.wrapdistf((float) point_state.index, pointPos.getValuef(), model.points.size());
+    float hv = (point_dist / model.points.size()) * 360;
+    float bv = point_state.current_brightness;
+
+    if(!point_state.just_changed || deltaMs >= rateParameter.getValuef()) {
+      float bright_prop = 1.0 - min(((float) time_since_last_run / rateParameter.getValuef()), 1.0);
+      bv = max(0.0, bright_prop * MAX_ALIVE_BRIGHTNESS);
+
+      if(point_state.current_brightness > bv) {
+        point_state.current_brightness = bv;
+      } else {
+        bv = point_state.current_brightness;
+      }
+    }
+
+    colors[p.index] = lx.hsb(
+      hv,
+      saturationParameter.getValuef(),
+      bv
+    );
+  }
+
+  public boolean shouldLightPoint(PointState point_state) {
+    // Respect rate parameter.
+    if(time_since_last_run < rateParameter.getValuef()) {
+      any_changes_this_run = true;
+      point_state.just_changed = false;
+      return point_state.alive;
+    } else {
+      boolean new_state = cycleOfAutomata(point_state);
+      new_states.add(new_state);
+      return new_state;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public boolean cycleOfAutomata(PointState point_state) {
+    Integer index = point_state.index;
+    Integer alive_neighbor_count = countLiveNeighbors(point_state);
+    boolean before_alive = point_state.alive;
+    boolean after_alive = before_alive;
+    double mutation = Math.random();
+
+    if(point_state.alive) {
+      if(alive_neighbor_count == 1) {
+        after_alive = true;
+      } else {
+        after_alive = false;
+      }
+
+    } else {
+      if(alive_neighbor_count == 1) {
+        after_alive = true;
+      } else {
+        after_alive = false;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if(mutation < mutationParameter.getValuef()) {
+      after_alive = !after_alive;
+    }
+
+    if(before_alive != after_alive) {
+      any_changes_this_run = true;
+      point_state.just_changed = true;
+    }
+
+    return after_alive;
+  }
+
+  public int countLiveNeighbors(PointState point_state) {
+    int count = 0;
+
+    if (point_state.index > 0) {
+      PointState before_neighbor = point_states.get(point_state.index - 1);
+      if(before_neighbor.alive) {
+        count++;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (point_state.index < (point_states.size() - 1)) {
+      PointState after_neighbor = point_states.get(point_state.index + 1);
+      if(after_neighbor.alive) {
+        count++;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return count;
+  }
+
+  private void applyNewStates() {
+    int index = 0;
+    for(boolean new_state: new_states) {
+      PointState point_state = this.point_states.get(index);
+      point_state.alive = new_states.get(index);
+      index++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void randomizePointStates() {
+    double prob_range = (1.0 - MIN_ALIVE_PROBABILITY) - (1.0 - MAX_ALIVE_PROBABILITY);
+    double prob = MIN_ALIVE_PROBABILITY + (prob_range * Math.random());
+
+    //print("Randomizing points! p = " + prob + "\n");
+
+    for (PointState point_state: this.point_states) {
+      point_state.alive = (Math.random() <= prob);
+      point_state.just_changed = true;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+class L8onStripLife extends SCPattern {
+  // Controls the rate of life algorithm ticks, in milliseconds
+  private BasicParameter rateParameter = new BasicParameter("DELAY", 112.5, 1.0, 1000.0);
+  // Controls the probability of a mutation in the cycleOfStripperLife
+  private BasicParameter mutationParameter = new BasicParameter("MUT", 0.000000011, 0.0, 0.1);
+  // Controls the saturation.
+  private BasicParameter saturationParameter = new BasicParameter("SAT", 90.0, 0.0, 100.0);
+
+  public final double MIN_ALIVE_PROBABILITY = 0.4;
+  public final double MAX_ALIVE_PROBABILITY = 0.9;
+
+  public final float MAX_ALIVE_BRIGHTNESS = 90.0;
+
+  private final SawLFO stripPos = new SawLFO(0, model.strips.size(), 8000);
+
+  class StripState {
+     // Index of strip in glucose.model.strips
+     public Integer index;
+     // Boolean which describes if strip is alive.
+     public boolean alive;
+     // Boolean which describes if strip was just changed;
+     public boolean just_changed;
+     // Current brightness
+     public float current_brightness;
+     // List of this cubes neighbors
+     public List<Integer> neighbors;
+
+     public StripState(Integer index, boolean alive, float current_brightness, List<Integer> neighbors) {
+       this.index = index;
+       this.alive = alive;
+       this.current_brightness = current_brightness;
+       this.neighbors = neighbors;
+       this.just_changed = false;
+     }
+  }
+
+  // Contains the state of all cubes by index.
+  private List<StripState> strip_states;
+  // Contains the amount of time since the last cycle of life.
+  private int time_since_last_run;
+  // Boolean describing if life changes were made during the current run.
+  private boolean any_changes_this_run;
+  // Hold the new lives
+  private List<Boolean> new_lives;
+
+  public L8onStripLife(LX lx) {
+     super(lx);
+
+     //Print debug info about the strips.
+     //outputStripInfo();
+
+     initStripStates();
+     randomizeStripStates();
+     time_since_last_run = 0;
+     any_changes_this_run = false;
+     new_lives = new ArrayList<Boolean>();
+
+     addParameter(rateParameter);
+     addParameter(mutationParameter);
+     addParameter(saturationParameter);
+
+     addModulator(stripPos).trigger();
+  }
+
+  public void run(double deltaMs) {
+    Integer i = 0;
+    StripState strip_state;
+
+    any_changes_this_run = false;
+    new_lives.clear();
+    time_since_last_run += deltaMs;
+
+    for (Strip strip : model.strips) {
+      strip_state = this.strip_states.get(i);
+
+      if(shouldLightStrip(strip_state)) {
+        lightLiveStrip(strip, strip_state, deltaMs);
+      } else {
+        lightDeadStrip(strip, strip_state, deltaMs);
+      }
+      i++;
+    }
+
+    if(!any_changes_this_run) {
+      randomizeStripStates();
+    } else {
+      applyNewLives();
+    }
+
+    if(time_since_last_run >= rateParameter.getValuef()) {
+      time_since_last_run = 0;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void lightLiveStrip(Strip strip, StripState strip_state, double deltaMs) {
+    float strip_dist = LXUtils.wrapdistf((float) strip_state.index, stripPos.getValuef(), model.strips.size());
+    float hv = (strip_dist / model.strips.size()) * 360;
+    float bv = strip_state.current_brightness;
+
+    if(deltaMs >= rateParameter.getValuef() || !strip_state.just_changed) {
+      float bright_prop = min(((float) time_since_last_run / rateParameter.getValuef()), 1.0);
+      bv = min(MAX_ALIVE_BRIGHTNESS, bright_prop * MAX_ALIVE_BRIGHTNESS);
+
+      if(strip_state.current_brightness < bv) {
+        strip_state.current_brightness = bv;
+      } else {
+        bv = strip_state.current_brightness;
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (LXPoint p : strip.points) {
       colors[p.index] = lx.hsb(
         hv,
-        100,        
-        //bv
-        75
+        saturationParameter.getValuef(),
+        bv
       );
-    }        
+    }
   }
-  
-  public void lightDeadCube(Cube cube) {
-    for (LXPoint p : cube.points) {
-      float hv = max(0, lx.getBaseHuef() - abs(p.x - xPos.getValuef()));
-      float bv = max(0, MAX_DEAD_BRIGHTNESS - abs(p.y - yPos.getValuef()));
-      
+
+  public void lightDeadStrip(Strip strip, StripState strip_state, double deltaMs) {
+    float strip_dist = LXUtils.wrapdistf((float) strip_state.index, stripPos.getValuef(), model.strips.size());
+    float hv = (strip_dist / model.strips.size()) * 360;
+    float bv = strip_state.current_brightness;
+
+    if(!strip_state.just_changed || deltaMs >= rateParameter.getValuef()) {
+      float bright_prop = 1.0 - min(((float) time_since_last_run / rateParameter.getValuef()), 1.0);
+      bv = max(0.0, bright_prop * MAX_ALIVE_BRIGHTNESS);
+
+      if(strip_state.current_brightness > bv) {
+        strip_state.current_brightness = bv;
+      } else {
+        bv = strip_state.current_brightness;
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (LXPoint p : strip.points) {
       colors[p.index] = lx.hsb(
         hv,
-        100,        
-        //bv
-        10
-      );     
-    }  
+        saturationParameter.getValuef(),
+        bv
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void outputStripInfo() {
+    int i = 0;
+    for (Strip strip : model.strips) {
+      print("Strip " + i + ": " + strip.cx + "," + strip.cy + "," + strip.cz + "\n");
+      ++i;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void initStripStates() {
+    List<Integer> neighbors;
+    boolean alive = false;
+    float current_brightness = 0.0;
+    StripState strip_state;
+    this.strip_states = new ArrayList<StripState>();
+    Integer i = 0;
+
+    int total_neighbors = 0;
+
+    for (Strip strip : model.strips) {
+      neighbors = findStripNeighbors(strip, i);
+      alive = true;
+      strip_state = new StripState(i, alive, current_brightness, neighbors);
+      this.strip_states.add(strip_state);
+
+      total_neighbors += neighbors.size();
+      ++i;
+    }
+
+    float average_neighbor_count = (float) total_neighbors / (float) model.strips.size();
+    //print("Average neighbor count: " + average_neighbor_count + "\n");
+  }
+
+  private void randomizeStripStates() {
+    double prob_range = (1.0 - MIN_ALIVE_PROBABILITY) - (1.0 - MAX_ALIVE_PROBABILITY);
+    double prob = MIN_ALIVE_PROBABILITY + (prob_range * Math.random());
+
+    //print("Randomizing strips! p = " + prob + "\n");
+
+    for (StripState strip_state : this.strip_states) {
+      strip_state.alive = (Math.random() <= prob);
+      strip_state.just_changed = true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public List<Integer> findStripNeighbors(Strip strip, Integer index) {
+    List<Integer> neighbors = new LinkedList<Integer>();
+    Integer i = 0;
+    int neighbor_count = 0;
+    double distance = 0.0;
+
+    for (Strip s : model.strips) {
+      if( (int)index != (int)i )  {
+        distance = Math.sqrt( Math.pow((s.cx - strip.cx), 2) + Math.pow((s.cy - strip.cy), 2) + Math.pow((s.cz - strip.cz), 2) );
+
+        if(distance < ( (double) Cube.EDGE_WIDTH) ) {
+          //print("Strip " + i + " is a neighbor of " + index + "\n");
+          neighbors.add(i);
+        }
+      }
+      i++;
+    }
+
+    return neighbors;
+  }
+
+  public boolean shouldLightStrip(StripState strip_state) {
+    // Respect rate parameter.
+    if(time_since_last_run < rateParameter.getValuef()) {
+      any_changes_this_run = true;
+      strip_state.just_changed = false;
+      return strip_state.alive;
+    } else {
+      boolean new_life = cycleOfStripperLife(strip_state);
+      new_lives.add(new_life);
+      return new_life;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void applyNewLives() {
+    int index = 0;
+    for(boolean liveliness: new_lives) {
+      StripState strip_state = this.strip_states.get(index);
+      strip_state.alive = new_lives.get(index);
+      index++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public boolean cycleOfStripperLife(StripState strip_state) {
+    Integer alive_neighbor_count = countLiveNeighbors(strip_state);
+    boolean before_alive = strip_state.alive;
+    boolean after_alive = before_alive;
+    double mutation = Math.random();
+
+    if(strip_state.alive) {
+      if(alive_neighbor_count < 2 || alive_neighbor_count > 6) {
+        after_alive = false;
+      } else {
+        after_alive = true;
+      }
+
+    } else {
+      if(alive_neighbor_count == 5) {
+        after_alive = true;
+      } else {
+        after_alive = false;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if(mutation < mutationParameter.getValuef()) {
+      after_alive = !after_alive;
+    }
+
+    if(before_alive != after_alive) {
+      any_changes_this_run = true;
+      strip_state.just_changed = true;
+    }
+
+    return after_alive;
+  }
+
+  public Integer countLiveNeighbors(StripState strip_state) {
+    Integer count = 0;
+    StripState neighbor_strip_state;
+
+    for(Integer neighbor_index: strip_state.neighbors) {
+       neighbor_strip_state = this.strip_states.get(neighbor_index);
+       if(neighbor_strip_state.alive) {
+         count++;
+       }
+    }
+
+    return count;
   }
-  
 }