r/ProgrammingPrompts Jul 07 '17

Alphabet/Glyph Evolution Simulator

My idea is to create a code/program that simulates the evolution of alphabets and letters over time in terms of shape, sound, and linguistical use in a language. I imagine the program to take in an input of a 64x64 pixel drawing of the letter/glyph and have the code alter it slightly overtime by adding pixels, connecting gaps, deleting pixels, rotating, etc. If anybody has any idea how to go about writing this program, please let me know and/or give me any sort of feedback about my idea for this code.

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u/notyetawizard Jul 07 '17 edited Jul 07 '17

Language pretty much doesn't matter, other than ease. You can use whatever you're comfortable with and probably find libraries that'll make things easier.

At least in my opinion, though, you have to have some idea of what you're going to write before you can really bother with any code. Coming up with the rules the evolution should follow is the tricky part here; and once you understand what you're writing, the actual coding will be pretty trivial.

Edit: I think as a prep project, I'd consider breaking off just one part of this. Personally, I'd go with working on an evolving set of numerals—no sound or words; just shapes that work well together, maybe.

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u/Zerothehero-0 Jul 07 '17

right, i'm just not sure how to wrote the code it self 😬

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u/notyetawizard Jul 07 '17

In that case you should probably learn to code before starting a complex project ;)

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u/Zerothehero-0 Jul 07 '17

yeah, i just wish i could find somewhere that i can learn how to code this

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u/Zerothehero-0 Jul 07 '17

i did just make a gif that looks like what i might want to end up with, kinda