Slime Mold

A GPU-accelerated slime mold simulation written in Rust using WGPU. This project simulates the emergent behavior of slime mold colonies using compute shaders. It supports millions of agents on modern hardware.

Features

• Real-time GPU-accelerated simulation using WGPU
• Interactive parameter customization for slime behavior
• Multiple presets for different simulation patterns
• Custom LUT (Look-Up Table) support for color visualization

Quickstart

Run the simulation with cargo:

cargo run --release

Controls

The simulation can be controlled using the following keyboard shortcuts:

• Press / to toggle help text
• Press P to cycle presets (Shift+P for reverse)
• Press C to clear trail map
• Press G to cycle LUTs (Shift+G for reverse)
• Hold T and use arrow keys to adjust turn speed
• Hold J and use arrow keys to adjust jitter
• Hold S and use arrow keys to adjust speed range
• Hold A and use arrow keys to adjust sensor angle
• Hold D and use arrow keys to adjust sensor distance
• Hold R and use arrow keys to adjust pheromone deposition amount
• Hold V and use arrow keys to adjust pheromone decay factor
• Hold B and use arrow keys to adjust pheromone diffusion rate
• Hold N and use arrow keys to adjust agent count (1M/100K increments)
• Hold Shift with any of the above for fine adjustments

License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.