Game of Life
Select a Seed Pattern:
Edge Wrap
If checked, cells will wrap around to the other side of the grid.
Still Life:
A Still Life pattern does not change from one generation to the next.
Oscillators:
An Oscillator pattern returns to its original state after a finite number of generations.
Spaceships:
A Spaceship pattern reappears after a finite number of generations in the same oreientaion but a different position.
Methuselahs:
The Methuselah is a small seed pattern that takes more than 50 generations to stablize.
Infinite:
These just go on forever.
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Or Enter the Grid Dimension to create your own seed pattern:
Creates a square grid of the dimension entered.
Scale:
Changes the size of the cells in the grid.
Rate:
Changes the rate at which the next generations are displayed.
Live Cells:
Generations:
Runs a demo of the game in action.
Creates a new grid with the dimension entered.
Moves forward one generation at a time.
Starts the Game of Life.
Stops the Game of Life.
Displays the selected cell's neighbors.
Resets the grid back to the initial seed pattern.
Keeps the grid but clears the pattern.
Clears out the pattern AND the grid.
Save seed patterns you created.