Game of Life — Interactive Cellular Automaton
Interactive Conway’s Game of Life — draw cells, play generations, step, randomize. Runs entirely in your browser.
Click & drag on the grid to toggle cells, then press Play.
How to use
- 1 Click and drag on the grid to draw living cells (or use Random).
- 2 Press Play to run generations, or Step to advance one at a time.
- 3 Watch the four rules decide which cells live, die, or are born.
- 4 Adjust Speed, or Clear to start from an empty grid.
Why use this tool
- See a cellular automaton produce complex behaviour from four simple rules.
- Discover still lifes, oscillators (like the blinker), and gliders that move.
- A famous example of emergence and Turing-complete computation.
- Runs entirely in your browser. No signup, no uploads.
Frequently asked questions
What is Conway’s Game of Life?
A zero-player cellular automaton on a grid of cells that are alive or dead. Each generation, cells update simultaneously by four simple rules based on their living neighbours.
What are the rules?
A live cell with 2 or 3 live neighbours survives; otherwise it dies (underpopulation or overpopulation). A dead cell with exactly 3 live neighbours becomes alive.
What patterns can appear?
Still lifes (block), oscillators (blinker, toad), spaceships (glider), and complex constructions — the Game of Life is Turing complete.
Who invented it?
Mathematician John Conway in 1970. It popularised cellular automata and remains a touchstone example of emergent complexity.
What is Conway’s Game of Life?
Conway’s Game of Life is a zero-player cellular automaton on a grid where each cell is alive or dead. Every generation cells update by four rules based on living neighbours, producing still lifes, oscillators, and gliders from simple local rules.
Conway’s Game of Life is a free algorithm utility by Zerethon Tools. Interactive Conway’s Game of Life — draw cells, play generations, step, randomize. Runs entirely in your browser. Runs entirely in the browser — no signup, no upload.
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- Algorithm
- Pricing
- Free
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- Browser-based
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Privacy
Your data never leaves your browser unless explicitly stated. Conway’s Game of Life runs entirely client-side — no server upload, no logging, no tracking of your input.
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