4 Jul 2020, 09:35

A sweet hello to you all.

2020 was a bad year for humanity. A virus, which for a change does not infect computers, raged among the weakest, but also among the best of us.

John Horton Conway was such a great person. He died on April 11, 2020 of the aftermath of the corona virus. I have dedicated my interpretation of his game of life to his memory and I want to keep him in mind for other people.

Let's celebrate the life on the Switch with the "Conway's Game of Life".

Download Code: 32X53MNDXN

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A short video of how it looks in motion

The game of life is a machine that simulates cells that have two states. Alive or death. With a small set of rules, these states are recalculated for all cells at once in each simulation step. You can find more details on Wikipedia. See the link below. There are an unbelievable number of possibilities what you can do and experience with this program. And there is so much to learn and enjoy.


The program is divided into a simulation mode and an editor mode. You can switch between the two modes with X.
Cells can be set or deleted in the editor. Move the cursor over the fields and press the A key.

I also designed a torus version of the game. Everything that leaves one side of the screen comes out on the other side

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Controls - Editor

  • Left Stick - Move the cursor fast over the cell field
  • UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT - Move the cursor one field in the analogue direktion
  • A - Set or delete a cell under the cursor
  • Y - Clear all cells (all cells are dead, black screen)
  • B - Spray Random living cells over the field
  • X - Start the simulation
  • ZR/ZL - Scroll through the option menu (background color, grid color, tileset, simulation delay timer)
  • R/L - Change the current menu entry (color, tile, timer)
  • Right Stick Button - Hide the Menu (to make nice screenshoots)

Controls - Simulation Mode

  • X - Stop simulation (return to editor)
  • Right Stick Button - Hide the Menu (again for the screenshoots and videos)

You can scale the grid size in the source code. See from line 10 - Simulation Options

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//smaller grid sizes result in larger playing fields 
11 gridSize = 25 
//In TV mode, 25 is a good starting point, in handheld mode you can also set 15
...

If you want to know more about the Game of Life:

Wiki to Game of Life
Life Wiki


A few more impressions in pictures and video

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r-Pentomino One of my favorite starting forms

Have fun to play around. Create new shapes, enter familiar shapes in the editor and see what happens to them. Experiment, be amazed, learn and have a lot of fun.

I hope that I could make some people happy with it. Hold together and take care of each other.

Starshine