Game Of Life Online
This is an implementation of Conway's Game of Life or more precisely, the super-fast Hashlife algorithm, written in JavaScript using the canvas-tag. It can simulate. PASS ‘N PLAY Share THE GAME OF LIFE with up to 3 friends on one device. MAKE CHOICES, GET PAID, OR LOSE IT ALL Land on “Life Spaces” and gain tiles worth big bucks – or pay huge fines. Collect “Share the Wealth Cards” and retire in style. Enjoy endless hours of replay fun and re-create your LIFE each time you play! PLAY MULTIPLAYER MODE ONLINE! THE GAME OF LIFE: 2016 Edition features a new, unique and much-anticipated multiplayer mode. Online matchmaking lets you play in a whole new way online. Match and play against other online players as you all spin and race in the direction of the last yellow tile of life’s road.
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The Game of Life is not your typical computer game. It is a cellular automaton, and was invented by Cambridge mathematician John Conway.
This game became widely known when it was mentioned in an article published by Scientific American in 1970. It consists of a collection of cells which, based on a few mathematical rules, can live, die or multiply. Depending on the initial conditions, the cells form various patterns throughout the course of the game.
Rules
Game Of Life online, free To Play
Each cell with one or no neighbors dies, as if by solitude.
Each cell with four or more neighbors dies, as if by overpopulation.
Each cell with two or three neighbors survives.
Each cell with three neighbors becomes populated.
The Controls
Choose a pattern from the lexicon or make one yourself by clicking on the cells. The 'Start' button advances the game by several generations (each new generation corresponding to one iteration of the rules).
More information
In the first video, from Stephen Hawkings’ documentary The Meaning of Life, the rules are explained, in the second, John Conway himself talks about the Game of Life.
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The Guardian published a nice article about John Conway.
Implemented by Edwin Martin <edwin@bitstorm.org>