Life-like Cellular Automaton

Mar 31, 2018 • Arne Vogel

update rate: ms

Simulation settings: Spawn: B S Wrapping:

Display settings: Cell Size: px

Settings

Clicking on the simulation turns cells on and off.

Controls:

Start: Begins the simulation, calculating and displaying the next population every update rate seconds
Step: Calculates and displays the next population
Clear: Stops the simulation and clears the population
Randomize: Randomly sets 50% of the cells alive and the other 50% dead
Update Rate: How many milliseconds each frame is displayed. Lower = Faster simulation, but more CPU intensive.

Simulation Settings:

Can be edited while the simulation is running.

Spawn B: Specifies how many cells around a dead cell have to be alive for the cell to come alive.
Spawn S: Specifies how many cells around a alive cell have to a alive for the cell to survive.
Wrapping: Makes the world wrap around, like in snake. With wrapping turned off the outside world acts as dead cells.

Display Settings:

Will restart the simulation.

Cell Size: Controls the height and width of the cells. Low values are very CPU intensive.