Standard Conway's Game of Life rules. Deterministic evolution.
๐ฌ Scenes
๐งฉ Patterns
๐จ Cell Age
150+
๐พ Import / Export
LMB draw / place pattern ยท RMB erase Space start/pause ยท โ step
๐ How to Play
Game of Life is a cellular automaton devised by mathematician John Conway in 1970. It's a zero-player game โ you set up the initial state and watch it evolve!
๐ฌ The Rules
Each cell can be alive or dead. Every generation, cells change based on their 8 neighbors:
๐ฑ Birth: A dead cell with exactly 3 live neighbors becomes alive.
๐ Survival: A live cell with 2 or 3 live neighbors stays alive.
๐ Death: A live cell with <2 (underpopulation) or >3 neighbors (overpopulation) dies.
๐งฌ Evolution Modes
To prevent stagnation, several mutation modes are available:
Classic โ original deterministic rules
Noise โ random births/deaths ("cosmic rays")
Immigration โ periodic influx of new cells
Mutating Rules โ cells inherit slightly modified rules from parents
๐งฌ Mutating Rules: Each cell has its own rule parameters (loneliness, overcrowding, birth thresholds). When a cell is born, it inherits parameters from a random neighbor with small random mutations. Over time, "fitter" rules dominate โ a form of natural selection!