Torus of Light

Created as part of the SAAM Arcade 2021. Inspired by "Grey Sun" by Isamu Noguchi (https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/grey-sun-18769)

I attempted to create a cellular automata game that involved your tuning of life/death parameters to mix primary colors of light, and eventually engulf the whole torus in brilliant white light.

Known bug: the colored buttons on the right move your source generator for that color Up, Down, Left, or Right, but the arrows on the buttons don't seem to render properly.

I wish I had found more time to work on it, however the results are still quite striking, if not a bit incomprehensible. A future update would make more understandable game logic, add needed camera controls, and most importantly replace the current graphics with a replica of the Grey Sun sculpture. Also I would love to see it in VR, but the changes in UX involved would make it a non-trivial upgrade.