A cross-platform application for exploring Conway's Game of Life and many other types of cellular automata.
Features
- Bounded or unbounded universes with up to 256 states.
- Fast generating algorithms.
- Reads a variety of common CA and graphical formats.
- Unlimited undo/redo for difficult pattern editing tasks.
- User-configurable keyboard shortcuts for menu items and scripts.
- Scriptable via Lua or Python.
- User-definable rules.
- State-of-the-art pattern collection.
License
GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)Follow Golly
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User Reviews
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A simple and intuitive Conway simulator game. Thanks.
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Perhaps it would be interesting to be able to import 2-bit bitmap graphics.Reply from Golly
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Useful Conway game of light compiler or simulator
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Very cool, Thanks for this project.
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Very impressed with quality, performance, and design. Only a couple natural editing features I found missing or difficult to accomplish (filling a region and moving a region), so only -1 on features.Reply from Golly