About this app
Conway's Game of Life is a cellular automaton where each cell on the grid is either alive or dead. With every generation, a small set of rules decides what happens next: live cells survive with two or three live neighbors, dead cells are born with exactly three live neighbors, and all other cells become or remain dead. Click and drag on the grid to draw your own starting pattern, then use the 'Simulate' button to step through generations one at a time or hold it down for continuous simulation. Use the 'Eraser' button to remove cells, and 'Clear' to reset the grid. Despite the simplicity of the rules, small starting patterns can produce surprisingly complex, self-organizing behavior.