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Saturday, August 2, 2025

New Hex Translator build

I've been reworking the Hex Translator since July 2024 and just today finally got it to a point where it can generate pattern instructions. The new build is 20250802, previous stable build was 20210227A. Major changes include:
  • No more fixed base-palette, now the input determines which palette is used and most of those palette options are themselves generated from the input.
  • The "speed" at which one palette color transitions to the next is now generated from a 12-value probability array unique to each entry in the palette.
  • Starting and ending cells are marked.
  • Regressions (resetting origin to the starting cell during pattern generation) can happen, and become increasing likely the longer it's been since the last one while the base likelihood decreases with each regression.
  • Symbols and "hollow/broken" qualities have been replaced by "vacuoles" and "gears." Generation is handled a little differently.
  • A bunch of "under the hood" stuff that makes it easier for me to build the pattern.
  • Other things I'm probably forgetting since this took a really long time.
Here's the first full pattern I generated with the new build. The input is translated lyrics from "Pepper Keibu" by Pink Lady.