My Way or the Slime Way

Simulating the spread of the Physarum polycephalum slime mold using cellular automata. Inspired by reasearch done on pattern formation observed on real life slime mold.
Based on the Jones 2010 paper.

Entry for the McGill Physics Hackathon 2022.
Made by Mohamed Ben Mekki, Leif Martens-Wallace, and Rayane Bouafia.

🥈2nd place Overall Winner
🥇1st place Biophysics Winner

Try it for yourself here.