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.

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Categories

Games, Mathematics

License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

BSD, Linux, Mac, Windows

Languages

English

Intended Audience

End Users/Desktop

User Interface

Cocoa (MacOS X), Win32 (MS Windows), wxWidgets

Programming Language

C++

Related Categories

C++ Games, C++ Mathematics Software

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2005-05-19