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Life, along with this “Game of Life”, is simply a mathematical model of a self-replicatable machine. It was named “Game of Life” since the rules of the game are similar to life of an organism although over-simplified. | Life, along with this “Game of Life”, is simply a mathematical model of a self-replicatable machine. It was named “Game of Life” since the rules of the game are similar to life of an organism although over-simplified. | ||
“Game of Life” is played on a theoretically infinite, 2 dimensional square grid where each cell of the grid can take one of two states: “Alive” or “Dead”. The game requires the player to put in an initial pattern of living and dead cells and a program, following some rules, computes the next generation of the pattern. The standard rules of Life are: | “Game of Life” "is played on a theoretically infinite, 2 dimensional square grid where each cell of the grid can take one of two states: “Alive” or “Dead”. The game requires the player to put in an initial pattern of living and dead cells and a program, following some rules, computes the next generation of the pattern."(Nilangshu Bidyanta, 2010) The standard rules of Life are: | ||
*Any live cell with less than 2 live cells in the surrounding 8 cells will die (loneliness) | *Any live cell with less than 2 live cells in the surrounding 8 cells will die (loneliness) | ||
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*Any live cell with 2 or 3 live cells in the surrounding 8 cells will continue to live to the next generation | *Any live cell with 2 or 3 live cells in the surrounding 8 cells will continue to live to the next generation | ||
*Any dead cell with exactly three live cells in the surrounding 8 cells will come alive (reproduction) | *Any dead cell with exactly three live cells in the surrounding 8 cells will come alive (reproduction) | ||
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A very good program for exploring and playing with cellular automata including “Game of Life” is “[http://golly.sourceforge.net Golly]”. Click the link to learn more and download the proper version according to your operating system. Operating it is as simple as using Paint program, and it make things much easier to procure the numerous generations. The default pen tool is used to draw new cells or mark alive cells dead. You can also change the speed at which each generation is computed. | A very good program for exploring and playing with cellular automata including “Game of Life” is “[http://golly.sourceforge.net Golly]”. Click the link to learn more and download the proper version according to your operating system. Operating it is as simple as using Paint program, and it make things much easier to procure the numerous generations. The default pen tool is used to draw new cells or mark alive cells dead. You can also change the speed at which each generation is computed. | ||