Game of Life

The Game of Life is not your typical computer game. It is a 'cellular automaton', and was invented by Cambridge mathematician John Conway.

This game became widely known when it was mentioned in an article published by Scientific American in 1970. It consists of a collection of cells which, based on a few mathematical rules, can live, die or multiply. Depending on the initial conditions, the cells form various patterns throughout the course of the game.

Download the stand alone Game of Life application to play the Game of Life.

The Game of Life applet is no longer supported by modern browsers.

For an online version, you can use JavaScript version of the Game of Life.