Conway's Game of Life

The Game of Life

PART 1: The Rules

Life evolves automatically based on these 4 simple logic rules:

• Loneliness: A cell dies if it has fewer than 2 neighbors.
• Overcrowding: A cell dies if it has more than 3 neighbors.
• Survival: A cell lives if it has 2 or 3 neighbors.
• Birth: A dead cell becomes alive if it has exactly 3 neighbors.

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PART 2: Why is this useful?

This isn't just a toy. "Cellular Automata" are used in serious science:

🎮 Video Games
Used to generate infinite caves and maps (Procedural Generation). Random noise + these rules = natural-looking terrain.

🧬 Biology
Biologists use it to simulate how bacteria spread, how forest fires move, or how patterns form on animal skin.

💻 Computing
This grid is "Turing Complete." You can literally build a working calculator inside this simulation using patterns of gliders!

Got it!