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Game of Life
Conway's Game of Life simulator with famous patterns, speed control, and click-to-edit.
Speed
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Famous Patterns
Glider
The smallest spaceship — moves diagonally
Blinker
The smallest period-2 oscillator
Toad
Period-2 oscillator
Beacon
Period-2 oscillator
Pulsar
Period-3 large oscillator
Block
The simplest still life
Beehive
6-cell still life
Glider Gun
Gosper's Glider Gun — generates gliders indefinitely
R-pentomino
Lives 1056 generations — chaotic growth
Acorn
Stabilizes after 5206 generations
Rules (B3/S23)
🟦 Birth
Dead cell with exactly 3 live neighbors → becomes alive
✅ Survival
Live cell with 2 or 3 neighbors → survives
💀 Death (underpopulation)
Live cell with fewer than 2 neighbors → dies
💀 Death (overpopulation)
Live cell with more than 3 neighbors → dies
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