Try SphereLife !

[thender]

Hi Folks,

Brand new to ConwayLife.com. I've been fascinated with the game for a long time. So I tried my hand at implementing a game on Android.

To make things more visually appealing, I mapped the game to the surface of a sphere, hence, SphereLife. I also added some hacks to make it more interactive.

If you have an Android phone or tablet, go to GooglePlay and search SphereLife. It installs in seconds.

I'd really like to get some expert's opinions and thoughts for future development.

Tom Henderson

[Hdjensofjfnen]

Awesome Tom! I'll go check it out.
Also, have you ever heard of toroidal Life? Like this:

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B3/S23:T20,20
3o$obo$obo!

[thender]

Yes, almost as soon as I got on this site I realized that a torus is a perfect 3d object to lay out an "infinite" space for the algorithm.
My sphere has a seam, where the cell relationships are corrupted.

[Redstoneboi]

you could simulate spherical grids in Golly, but currently there's no script to display it on a sphere.

[thender]

Won't someone actually try the app?

It looks look this group focuses on the math, or logic, of GOL (game of life). I'm looking to make some art with it.

So although I can see how one would easily make the edges of a grid continuous in the algorithm, and get a representation of a torus, I'd like to see an actual torus in 3 dimensions.

That's what the app does. It is a 3D spherical object that a user can manipulate and see from many viewpoints.

[AforAmpere]

Won't someone actually try the app?

Unfortunately, I don't have any Android devices. Any chance of putting it on iOS at some point? Or is there some way to get it on PC?