Paterson's worms [SEP] named after
Paterson's worms
Paterson's worms are a family of cellular automata devised in 1971 by Mike Paterson and John Horton Conway to model the behaviour and feeding patterns of certain prehistoric worms. In the model, a worm moves between points on a triangular grid along line segments, representing food. Its turnings are determined by the configuration of eaten and uneaten line segments adjacent to the point at which the worm currently is. Despite being governed by simple rules the behaviour of the worms can be extremely complex, and the ultimate fate of
Worms?
Worms? is a computer game written by David Maynard and published by Electronic Arts in 1983 for the Atari 8-bit family and Commodore 64. It is one of the five initial titles from the company. More a software toy than a game, "Worms?" is an interactive version of "Paterson's Worms". Maynard later worked on the 8-bit word processor from Electronic Arts, "Cut & Paste".
Gameplay.
The game is abstract, like "Conway's Game of Life",