The Game of Life, is a cellular automaton devised by the British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970.
It is a zero-player game, meaning that its evolution is determined by its initial state, requiring no further input.
The universe of the Game of Life is an infinite, two-dimensional orthogonal grid of square cells, each of which is in one of two possible states,
- Live (or populated)
- Dead (or unpopulated)
Every cell interacts with its 8 neighbours, which are the cells that are horizontally, vertically, or diagonally adjacent.
At each step in time, the following transitions occur:
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Any live cell with fewer than two live neighbours dies , as if by underpopulation.
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Any live cell with two or three live neighbours lives on to the next generation.
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Any live cell with more than three live neighbours dies, as if by overpopulation.
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Any dead cell with exactly three live neighbours becomes a live cell, as if by reproduction.
There are 2 modes in the game
In edit mode you can
- Add new cell with
Mouse Left Click - Remove a cell with
Mouse Right Click - Hide the grid (in edit mode only) with
ALT + V - Show the grid (in edit mode only) with
ALT + V - Start the Game with
Mouse Middle Click
In edit mode you can
- Change game speed with
Mouse Wheel - Reset the game and go back to edit with with
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