Conway's Game of Life

Emergent complexity from local rules · Click grid to toggle cells

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STATISTICS

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Rules (B3/S23):
A dead cell with exactly 3 neighbors is born.
A live cell with 2 or 3 neighbors survives.
All other live cells die.

Despite this simplicity, GoL supports gliders, oscillators, spaceships, and even universal computation (Turing complete).