The interactive demo below demonstrates the behaviors of Conway's Life:

Generation: | Live cells:

Controls

run stop

step
slower
faster
 

Sample Patterns

Pick a pattern:

(Default) A classic seed for "Life" to grow.


An Example of a pattern that generates gliders.


A study in stable patterns.


A random seeding of the checker board.


 
clear

Clear the checkerboard.

 

HINT: You can draw your own patterns too!