“The rules of Life were designed to be as simple as possible, and yet allow for surprising complexity.”
— John Horton Conway
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How to play #
- Press ESC for the MENU button action (restart simulation with random seed).
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About the game #
Conway’s 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 game consists of a grid of cells that can be in one of two states: alive or dead. The state of each cell changes over discrete time steps according to a set of simple rules based on the states of its eight neighbors. These rules lead to complex and often unpredictable patterns, making the Game of Life a fascinating subject for study in mathematics, computer science, and artificial life.
