A simple rule by John Conway http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_Game_of_Life

"Game of Life"(Born 3, Survival 2,3) B3/S23 gives amazing results!

Like list of Prime numbers to starships exploring the universe!

http://golly.sourceforge.net/ Golly (free) New release November 2011



For obtain celibrity just find this theoric problem : what figure is replicated in one generation?

Amazing UI, Speed, and of course you can explore another rules!

And even makes you own script "Golly" if you are mad coder ;)

Thats really cool Pilou! I always wished i wouldve started on a path like this when I was younger.....

For non-coders like me, remove the bracket at the end of Frenchy's wikipedia link to get to the correct page. ; )

Done ;)

I have made numerous posts about that on the French part!
I bellive that I have found a cool poetic subject ;)
In resume: you can Copy Past any image from any 2D prog directly inside Golly http://golly.sourceforge.net/ ! :fro:
So any Moi images! ( just must have only 2 colors so just treshold it in any prog 2D)
So any Text! So fun things can arrive ;)

Just copy this http://www.3dsaloon.fr/phpbb3/download/file.php?id=2561 in Golly : it's the pattern BuzBuz zipped




This start image above creates a living "Pulsar" after 2860 générations! :)
http://conwaylife.com/wiki/Pulsar Discovery in 1970 by John Conway!

John Conway is of course the creator of the Game of life! :)
He is still living! :)
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Conway

We can easily recognize the 2 Pentadecathlons who stay living after the 1974 generations !
http://conwaylife.com/wiki/Pentadecathlon



File for Golly Golly http://forum.zbrush.fr/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4475.0;attach=20243

And a lilttle gift for those who are here : make your artificial best in a 3D world!
Funny Framesticks !
http://www.framsticks.com/  8)

and for those who have several life :)

http://www.spiderland.org/
http://digihive.pl/index.htm
http://en.alife.pl/
http://www.rennard.org/alife/french/entree.html
http://www.ventrella.com/

http://golly.sourceforge.net/ Golly
Do you want earth's celebrity?
Just find a bigger life génération than this configuration named Fred!
Start square 20*20, 35426 generations befor be stable, discovery by Schneelocke http://conwaylife.com/wiki/Fred 05 15 2010!
With of course the canonic rule: Born 2 / Survive 2 or 3 ;)


PS the is a fonction random for create primitive soup on a selection aera inside Golly if you want not draw with hands ;)

Some variantes http://www.duke.edu/web/isis/gessler/borland/ca.htm
and one 3D at the end of the list!
Crazzy cuboïd world ;)

Alas Covid was not very fair with the creator of the Game of Life! :(

(Golly: free Game of Life is existing also on Android! Astonished ! )

Really sad to hear of his passing.