Emergent complexity from simple attraction-repulsion rules
Particles/Type
150
Force Scale
1.0
Friction
0.92
Interaction R
100
Attraction matrix (click to toggle +/-). Row = particle type, Col = target type.
Each colored species attracts or repels other species according to an interaction matrix. Despite purely local rules,
the system generates emergent structures: membranes, cells, predator-prey spirals, and
self-organizing crystals. The Particle Life model was popularized by Jeffery Ventrella and shows how life-like
behavior can arise from very simple physics.