From Mathematical Concept to Board Game
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Designing a Board Game based on the a Mathematical Concept visible in Nature. The game has to be engaging and involve critical decision making skills. It should pose challenge to the players’ cognitive skills without losing the fun aspect.
What is Elementary Cellular Automata?
It is a cellular arrangement on a 2-dimensional grid, where there are two possible states of each cell(labeled 0 and 1). A set of rules determine the state of a cell in the next generation based on the current state of the cell and its two immediate neighbors.
Alongside are a few examples of Elementary Cellular Automata in Nature.
