MarkovJunior
Languages and libraries
domain-specific language for procedural generation
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How HN took it
5 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.37.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Visually satisfying generative animations
From 3 comments
Most satisfying animations I've seen in a long time. I just can't stop staring at them, they are wonderful. Are there any other possible use cases of this language other then…
kertoip_1 on HNFascinating. One of the few things posted here that got me really excited! Probably because I studied the basics of Markov algorithms, but I never imagined the idea could be…
331c8c71 on HNThis is phenomenal! I have been toying with similar ideas, and I am so glad you are the same person behind Wave Function Collapse [1] . The fact that you have lifted the…
sitkack on HN
Lifts Wave Function Collapse technique into a programming language
From 1 comment
This is phenomenal! I have been toying with similar ideas, and I am so glad you are the same person behind Wave Function Collapse [1] . The fact that you have lifted the…
sitkack on HN
README is excellent
From 1 comment
.. and incredible work, I might add. It speaks for itself, and the README.md is really in a class of its own. There, now this is a proper series of unsubstantiative comments. :)
rl3 on HN
Requests
S-expression input syntax
From 1 comment
This would be totally cool if it had an S-expression input syntax. (I mean, it's totally cool as it is, of course...)
jhgb on HN
Questions
Other use cases beyond images and game world generation
From 1 comment
Most satisfying animations I've seen in a long time. I just can't stop staring at them, they are wonderful. Are there any other possible use cases of this language other then…
kertoip_1 on HN
Could it generate test vectors for property-based testing
From 2 comments
Just an idea: this or something similar could be utilized to generate test vectors, for property based testing [0]. Also for model-based testing, if you consider the model to be…
olvy0 on HNMaybe for generating more useful input vectors for property-based testing? I wrote about this in another comment here [0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31704791
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Alternatives named
Wave Function Collapse
From 1 comment
This is phenomenal! I have been toying with similar ideas, and I am so glad you are the same person behind Wave Function Collapse [1] . The fact that you have lifted the…
sitkack on HN
Imagegram
From 1 comment
Thank you! For MarkovJunior, the recent projects that were impactful the most were Imagegram by Guilherme S. Tows [1] and Daniel Ritchie's dissertation [2] about PPLs for…
ExUtumno on HN
Daniel Ritchie's PPL thesis for procedural generation
From 1 comment
Thank you! For MarkovJunior, the recent projects that were impactful the most were Imagegram by Guilherme S. Tows [1] and Daniel Ritchie's dissertation [2] about PPLs for…
ExUtumno on HN