Short: A squid's skin simulator Author: Olivier Martin, voltigeur@worldonline.ch Uploader: Olivier Martin, voltigeur worldonline ch Type: misc/sci Version: 1.x Requires: Amiga OS 3.5+ Architecture: m68k-amigaos Distribution: freeware, sources included INTRODUCTION: squids and other cephalopods are animals that can change their skin colors and patterns, according to their mood, environnement or any other stimulus. Unlike chameleons, the changes are instantaneous and rather impressive. The changes are made with the help of colored cells called chromatophors, which can suddenly swell or shrink, thus changing the whole pattern of colors of the animal. This simulator is a first attempt in representing this phenomenon. USAGE: the user can change the number of colored cells (the size of the output window is then computed). There are five colors: black, white, red, green and blue. The cells are randomly distributed in the output window. By clicking somewhere in the output window, the nearest cell is activated and so are all the cells of the same color. NOTE: a better (and more complex) simulator would take advantage of a neural network to change the pattern more precisely.