Game of Life

python implementation of Conway's Game of Life. Tested on python 3.6

The game consist in a matrix of cells that can be either activate or inactive. Each step cells update by the following rules:

• For a cell that is active:
  • Each cell with one or no active neighbors becomes inactive, as if by solitude.
  • Each cell with four or more active neighbors becomes inactive, as if by overpopulation.
  • Each cell with two or three active neighbors survives active.
• For a cell that is inactive
  • Each cell with active three neighbors becomes active.

Usage:

pythonw app.py -s NUM_ROWS NUM_COLUMNS -ws WINDOW_WIDHT WINDOW_HEIGTH
pythonw app.py -f /path/to/file.json # initiallices from a previously saved state 

Controls

You can toggle the state of a cell clicking on it.

• space: step
• a: toggle autoplay
• s: save the current state of the cells to a json file
• r: restart the game, deactivating all the cells
• q: quit

Requirements

• pygame
• numpy

Cool demos

Oscillators

Long thing