A smooth generalization of Conway's Game of Life with lifelike creatures
Lenia (Chan 2019) extends Conway's Life to continuous space, time, and states. A kernel defines neighbor weighting. A growth function G(u) ~ e-((u-m)/s)²/2 − 1 updates each cell. The famous Orbium pattern is a stable glider — a lifelike organism. Click on the canvas to add perturbations. Try the presets!