processing    january, 2004    j.tarbell I am posting new work at jaredstarbell.com · @jaredstarbell

200 x 200 pixels 36 cities x 200 travelers 500 x 500 pixels 64 cities x 2000 travelers 800 x 800 pixels 121 cities x 5000 travelers   Originally a Java applet (2004). Now running in your browser as a p5.js port of the original source.

A minimalist modification of the City Traveler system. Cities are initiated in grid locations. Each chooses another grid location at random and moves to it.

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Note how some cities move beyond the extent of the original instantiation. This is a result of cities holding inertia as they travel towards their destinations. Cities are not aware of their arrival time, so when they reach their destinations, they are traveling too fast to stop, and shoot beyond it. Slowly the cities oscillate and stop precisely at their destinations.