Conway's Game of Life

The Game of Life is a game which plays itself created by the mathematician John Conway. Given an initial set of cells, the game will play itself and let those cells either live, die or resurrect.

This repository contains a JavaScript implementation of the Game of Life. Feel free to play around!

Example

Controls

  • Click and drag to paint.
  • Scroll up and down to zoom.
  • Click Play or press Space to play.
  • Click Pause or press Space to pause.
  • Click Stop or press Shift+Backspace to reset.
  • Click Step Forward or press Right to step forward.
  • Click Increase Speed or press > to increase speed.
  • Click Step Backward or press Left to step backward.
  • Click Decrease Speed or press < to decrease speed.