Lenia — Continuous Cellular Automaton

Bert Wang-Chak Chan (2019) — smooth generalisation of Conway's Game of Life

Presets:

Kernel radius R R = 13

Growth μ (center) μ = 0.150

Growth σ (width) σ = 0.015

Timestep dt dt = 0.10

Speed x2

Lenia is a continuous CA where each cell holds a real value A∈[0,1]. Cells update via a circular kernel convolution and a bell-shaped growth function G(u) = 2·exp(−(u−μ)²/(2σ²))−1. Click to draw cells.