Conway's Game of Life is a cellular automaton in which there are two states: alive and dead. A cell will become alive (be "born") if there are 3 alive cells surrounding it (its neighborhood), and die if anything other than 2 or 3 alive cells surround it. Diagonals are included as part of the neighborhood (this is known as a Moore neighborhood)
It's notable for generating long-lived, complex patterns from a random initial distribution. I've included some common modifications in the suggestion setup table below, like HighLife (B36/S23) and Seeds (B2/S). It's tricky to find interesting rulesets, as most configurations will end in a stable state within one or two steps.
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| Preview | Initial Fill | Birth Counts | Survive Counts | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | [3] | [2,3] | Click to View | |
| 0.5 | [3,6] | [2,3] | Click to View | |
| 0.0001 | [1] | [1,2] | Click to View | |
| 0.0025 | [2] | [] | Click to View | |
| 0.01 | [3] | [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8] | Click to View |