Minor fixes

src/game-loop/game-rules.ts

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class GameRules {
     nextGenerationCount: number;
   } = {
     currentGenerationCount: 0,
-    nextGenerationCount: 0,
+    nextGenerationCount: 1,
   };
 
   public constructor(startingTimeInSeconds: number) {
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ export class GameRules {
     const currentGenerationCount =
       this.nextGenerationId % 2 === 1 ? evenGenerationCount : oddGenerationCount;
 
-    if (currentGenerationCount <= 100) {
+    const q = currentGenerationCount / settings.agentCount;
+
+    if (currentGenerationCount <= 100 && q < 0.05) {
       this.nextGenerationId++;
       this.lastGenerationChangeTimeInSeconds = performance.now() / 1000;
     }

src/page/set-up-settings-page.ts

@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ export const setUpSettingsPage = (
       min: 1,
       max: 30,
     }),
+
+    new SettingsSlider(settings, 'clarity', {
+      min: 0.00001,
+      max: 1,
+    }),
   ];
 
   const sliderContainerElement = document.createElement('div');

src/pipelines/agents/agent.wgsl

@@ -112,10 +112,10 @@ fn main(
     // trailBelow.g = settings.isNextGenerationOdd * (trailBelow.r + trailBelow.g);
   } else {
     let relativeWeight = mix(trailBelow.g - trailBelow.r, trailBelow.r - trailBelow.g, isFromOddGeneration);
-    if relativeWeight > 0 && (
+    if (relativeWeight > 0 && (
         (isFromCurrentGeneration == 1.0 && trailBelow.a == 0 && random.b < settings.infectionProbability)
      || (isFromCurrentGeneration == 0.0 && trailBelow.a > 0)
-    ) {
+    )) || (trailBelow.a > 0 && isFromCurrentGeneration == 0.0){
       // trailBelow.r = isFromOddGeneration * (trailBelow.r + trailBelow.g);
       // trailBelow.g = (1 - isFromOddGeneration) * (trailBelow.r + trailBelow.g);
       agent.generation = (agent.generation + 1) % 2;

src/pipelines/diffusion/diffuse.wgsl

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ fn fragment(@location(0) uv: vec2<f32>) -> @location(0) vec4<f32> {
   ) / 8;
 
   let decayed = clamp(vec4(
-    clamp(current.rgb + (current.rgb - 1.001) * settings.decayRateTrails, vec3(0), vec3(1)),
+    current.rgb * settings.decayRateTrails,
     max(0, current.a + (current.a - 1.001) * settings.decayRateBrush)
   ), vec4(0), vec4(1));
  

src/pipelines/render/render.wgsl

@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ fn fragment(@location(0) uv: vec2<f32>) -> @location(0) vec4<f32> {
       oddGenerationStrength * settings.oddGenerationColor,
       oddGenerationStrength / (evenGenerationStrength + oddGenerationStrength + 0.000001)
     ),
-    brushStrength * settings.brushColor);
+    brushStrength * settings.brushColor
+  );
 
   let strength = max(evenGenerationStrength, max(oddGenerationStrength, brushStrength));
 
@@ -34,5 +35,5 @@ fn fragment(@location(0) uv: vec2<f32>) -> @location(0) vec4<f32> {
 }
 
 fn clarity(strength: f32) -> f32 {
-  return sign(strength);
+  return pow(strength, settings.clarity);
 }

src/settings.ts

@@ -15,22 +15,22 @@ const initialValues: GameLoopSettings &
   currentGenerationAggression: -5,
   nextGenerationAggression: 0.2,
 
-  moveSpeed: 90,
-  turnSpeed: 53,
-  sensorOffsetAngle: 40,
+  moveSpeed: 74,
+  turnSpeed: 45,
+  sensorOffsetAngle: 31,
   sensorOffsetDistance: 43,
-  turnWhenLost: 0.08,
+  turnWhenLost: 0.01,
 
   brushTrailWeight: 500,
-  individualTrailWeight: 0.78,
+  individualTrailWeight: 0.05,
 
-  diffusionRateTrails: 1.11,
-  decayRateTrails: 718,
-  diffusionRateBrush: 0.25,
-  decayRateBrush: 15,
+  diffusionRateTrails: 0,
+  decayRateTrails: 944,
+  diffusionRateBrush: 0.35,
+  decayRateBrush: 18,
 
-  clarity: 0,
-  brushSize: 16,
+  clarity: 0.7,
+  brushSize: 12,
 
   brushSizeVariation: 0.5, // hidden on the UI