THE RULES
Life, distilled.
- A live cell with two or three neighbors survives.
- A dead cell with exactly three neighbors is born.
- Other live cells die from isolation or crowding.
- The universe wraps seamlessly at every edge.
SECRET MENU
Cosmic Life
CELLULAR AUTOMATON
A tiny universe. Four simple rules.
Tap or drag to bring cells to life. New cells glow blue; survivors age through the spectrum toward red.
OBSERVATION FIELD
Live universe
0000 generation
0000 population
QR seed ready. Press Play to launch.
Keyboard: focus the grid, then Space play/pause · C clear · arrow keys move the cell cursor · Enter toggles a cell.
ORIGIN
Conway’s Game of Life
Created by British mathematician John Horton Conway and introduced to the public in 1970. This independent browser implementation celebrates the surprising complexity that emerges from his elegantly simple rules.