System: cellular

Structural

Parameter	Default	Range	What it does	Group
birth	8	life_like 0 – 511; inert on larger_than_life, cyclic	Which live-neighbour counts bring a dead cell to life, as a bitmask over the counts 0-8: bit k set means k neighbours give birth. 8 (bit 3) is Conway’s.	shape, main
survive	12	life_like 0 – 511; inert on larger_than_life, cyclic	Which live-neighbour counts keep a live cell alive, as a bitmask over the counts 0-8. 12 (bits 2 and 3) is Conway’s.	shape, main
radius	5	larger_than_life 1 – 10; inert on life_like, cyclic	How far the neighbourhood reaches, in cells: a square of side 2 x radius + 1 about each cell. Capped by the quality tier.	shape
states	3	cyclic 2 – 24; inert on life_like, larger_than_life	How many colours the cycle holds; each cell advances to the next one round it.	shape
threshold	3	cyclic 1 – 8; inert on life_like, larger_than_life	How many of its eight neighbours must already hold the next colour before a cell advances to it.	shape
palette_steps	0	0 – 16	Quantizes the palette into this many flat bands; 0 leaves it continuous.	colour
palette_contour_style	0	0 – 3	Which line the contour draws: 0 a soft darkening, 1 a hard one, 2 a soft ink, 3 a hard ink.	colour

Modal

Parameter	Default	Range	What it does	Group
birth_lo	0.28	larger_than_life 0 – 1; inert on life_like, cyclic	The least filled fraction of its neighbourhood at which a dead cell is born.	shape
birth_hi	0.385	larger_than_life 0 – 1; inert on life_like, cyclic	The most filled fraction of its neighbourhood at which a dead cell is born.	shape
survive_lo	0.26	larger_than_life 0 – 1; inert on life_like, cyclic	The least filled fraction of its neighbourhood at which a live cell survives.	shape
survive_hi	0.47	larger_than_life 0 – 1; inert on life_like, cyclic	The most filled fraction of its neighbourhood at which a live cell survives.	shape
step_rate	10	0 – 60	How many generations the automaton runs per second, whatever the frame rate; 0 freezes it.	motion, main
reseed	0	0 – 1	A rise past 0.5 refills one disc of the grid with fresh seeded cells, once per rise; bind a beat or a latch to it.	motion
trail	12	life_like 0 – 64; larger_than_life 0 – 64; inert on cyclic	How many generations a dead cell keeps glowing, fading as it goes; 0 draws only the live cells.	motion
age_tint	0.35	life_like 0 – 1; larger_than_life 0 – 1; inert on cyclic	How far along the palette a dead cell’s glow travels as it fades; 0 keeps the wake the live cells’ colour.	colour
brightness	1	0 – 2	The scene’s overall light level, multiplying what it draws before the composite.	light, main
hue	0	0 – 1	Where this scene reads from the palette, as a coordinate along it rather than a colour.	colour, main
zoom	1	0.25 – 4	Scales the whole scene about its centre; above 1 fills more of the frame.	shape
pan_x	0		Slides the whole scene sideways, in the scene’s own units rather than pixels.	shape
pan_y	0		Slides the whole scene vertically, in the scene’s own units rather than pixels.	shape
saturation	1	0 – 1	Pulls the scene’s colour toward grey; 0 is fully desaturated, 1 is the palette’s own.	colour
palette_mix	0	0 – 1	Crossfades from the preset’s palette to its second one; 0 is the first, 1 the second.	colour
palette_contour	0	0 – 1	Draws a line at each band edge when the palette is stepped; 0 draws none.	colour
palette_contour_ink	0	0 – 1	Where along the palette an ink contour takes its colour; unread by the two black styles.	colour