John Conway's Game of Life

     John Conway's game of Life is a game in which you have a grid of cells which are eiter dead or alive, and which live, die, or are born according to certain rules. All of the cells live, die, or are born at simultaineusly. Each cell occupies one square on the grid on which they live, henceforth, each cell is surrounded by eight others. If a dead cell is surrounded by three live cells, a new cell is born there. If a live cell is surrounded by less than 2 cells or more than 3 cells, it dies of isolation or overpopulation, respectively.

     In the computer version of the game, the grid on which the cells live is the computer screen. Live cells are depicted by white pixels, and dead cells by black pixels.

     I have written my own computer program in which you can enter your "life forms" on a 100x100 grid and then watch them carry out their "lives". I am not quite ready to release it yet, but eventually I will release it. I will also work on releasing a comprehensive dictionary of as many life forms as I can find, catalog, and release on the internet.

     For more information on Life, look for the book by Martin Gardner of which the main topic is the game of life. I will post the title when I find it.

     I have also written my own version of life, which has two species of cells - blue and green. I will release that and information about it at a later date.

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