ConwayLife.com

Fits in a 20x20 rectangle, runs for about 126 million generations before stabilizing.
if Rustylife counts correctly, the ending population is 17,954,309

I released 0.22. It is about 25% faster than previous releases.

https://github.com/edt-xx/rustylife/releases/tag/v0.22

I released 0.21 with a fix for run length encoding parsing, and a small issue with macrocell parsing.

https://github.com/edt-xx/rustylife/releases/tag/0.21

I have a laptop with no mouse so centering the patterns is problematic;

also seem to be losing a lot on the rendering side in exchange for marginal speed increase.


Thanks for taking the time to try it.

I have tested on a Linux laptop with no mouse. You can zoom holding both buttons down and ...

Thanks for trying the program

macrocell input (and output) is supported. What is not supported are rules other than b3/s23

patterns like kol's galaxy using the OTCA metapixel work fine as will other very large patterns.

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I have been following the GOL since the original articles in Scientific American. The first program I wrote was a GOL simulator. When I am learning a new language I normally code a GOL simulator just to get a feel for the language. So I decided to learn Rust. Local AI also reached a point that it ...