Conway's Custom Game Of Life

Key Binds: 

Left Mouse Click - Add living cell

Right Mouse Click - Add dead cell

Right Arrow - Forward 1 generation

Left Arrow - Reset to 1st generation

A - Toggle Automatic Updates

R- clear grid

S - save state

L - load state

D - Distribute random values

This is a customizable version of Conway's Game of Life based on the original version by John Conway. This simulation/game is meant to create a cellular automaton system that can grow and morph into unique and unpredictable patterns based on a simple set of rules listed below.

4 Rules:

1) Any live cell with fewer than two live neighbours dies, as if by underpopulation.
2) Any live cell with two or three live neighbours lives on to the next generation.
3)Any live cell with more than three live neighbours dies, as if by overpopulation.
4) Any dead cell with exactly three live neighbours becomes a live cell, as if by reproduction.

For the purpose of this customizable version, these rules can be rewritten as such:

1) A cell with 2 live neighbours remains the same in the next generation
2) A cell with 3 live neighbours will be alive in the next generation
3) A cell with any other number of live neighbours will be dead next generation (0-1, 4-8)

This version gives us 3 possible state evaluations – alive, same, and dead – which can be checked depending on the number of living neighbours. Also, the range of checked neighbours can be extended or shortened from the original 8. WebGL/Itch.io seems to have some limitations in term of how many images can be download at once, so you might need to input each separately.

Additional Options:

Distribute values - Distributes random assortment of values based on percentage 

Render image - saves images of game state based on input generation range below (the current version only creates png's, so if you want a gif version then I recommend using ezgif.com which allows up to 2000 files)

Custom Palette Swap - Insert custom RGB values or hit button for random colors

Save/Load States - Use input field to save and load custom settings and cell placement (Copy and Paste does not work with Unity TMP Input Fields in WebGL, so use download for functionality)

Some interesting states I found:

1_2_2_2_2_1_0_0_0_0_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_60 (with random distribution)

1_1_1_1_1_0_2_2_1_1_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_100 (with random distribution)

2_2_2_2_2_1_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_40_16_13_16_14_17_13_17_14_18_13_18_14

5_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_1_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_60 (with random distribution)

5_2_2_0_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_51_23_25_25_25_27_25

5_0_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_1_1_1_0_0_1_1_1_1_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_81 (flashing light warning)

1_0_2_2_2_2_0_1_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_2_81 (flashing light warning)