A downloadable simulation for Windows

Game of Life Playground

an interactive simulation of Conway's Game of Life. 

You may draw your own shapes and patterns and examine how they evolve, based on the game's simple rules.

Controls:

  • ESC: quit
  • SPACE: pause / resume simulation
  • LMB: activate cell(s)
  • RMB: deactivate cell(s)
  • F: toggle fullscreen
  • C: clear all cells
  • R: randomlize cells
  • U: update the simulation by a single step
  • W, A, S, D / Arrow keys: move camera
  • Mouse wheel: zoom in / out

You may find a long list of implementations and variations of the Game of Life in this post.

StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows
Release date Mar 14, 2021
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Authorseedgamelab
GenreSimulation
Made withSFML
Tags2D

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Game_Of_Life_Playground__version_1.zip 96 kB

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Cool version of the game, and thanks for the link and mention :-)

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Hi there, thanks!
By the way I just managed to play your version.
I really like the brushes idea, it would be nice to have more of them (for example some gliders? ), or to allow for a custom brush!