Golly
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About this game
Golly is an open source, cross-platform application for exploring Conway's Game of Life and many other types of cellular automata.
Key features:
Supports bounded and unbounded universes, with cells of up to 256 states.
Supports multiple algorithms, including Bill Gosper's super fast hashlife algorithm.
Many different types of CA are included: John von Neumann's 29-state CA, Wolfram's 1D rules, WireWorld, Generations, Langton's Loops, Paterson's Worms, etc.
Reads RLE, macrocell, Life 1.05/1.06, dblife, and MCell files.
Can extract patterns and rules from zip files.
Can download patterns and rules from online archives.
Includes a state-of-the-art pattern collection.
Unlimited undo/redo.
Extensive help, with an integrated Life Lexicon.
Key features:
Supports bounded and unbounded universes, with cells of up to 256 states.
Supports multiple algorithms, including Bill Gosper's super fast hashlife algorithm.
Many different types of CA are included: John von Neumann's 29-state CA, Wolfram's 1D rules, WireWorld, Generations, Langton's Loops, Paterson's Worms, etc.
Reads RLE, macrocell, Life 1.05/1.06, dblife, and MCell files.
Can extract patterns and rules from zip files.
Can download patterns and rules from online archives.
Includes a state-of-the-art pattern collection.
Unlimited undo/redo.
Extensive help, with an integrated Life Lexicon.
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Ratings and reviews
4.7
836 reviews
A Google user
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March 31, 2020
The sim is verry fast, i have a cheep phone but it can still load billions of cells, it is great. All ofhe other simulators are millions of times slower than this, also the UI is the best, i can copy and past patterns and rotate patterns ans much more. It is amazing!
23 people found this review helpful
Pepin Lachance
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October 21, 2021
So much to explore. I just found this rule recently and it was amazing. Please think about turning this into a multi"player" game. Each person could control the rules and state of their territory. I imagine a global art piece that people can explore via this app. R13,C4,M0,S183..243,B34..252,NC:T1000,1000
4 people found this review helpful
A Google user
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April 17, 2020
Everyone should explore the world of cellular automata, in my opinion. You'll understand the universe better once you've created a few universes of your own. Golly is probably the best-known cellular automata.
4 people found this review helpful
What's new
Added a new Super algorithm.
The Larger than Life algorithm now supports HROT rules, B0 emulation, and many new neighborhoods.
Fixed a number of bugs.
Lots of new patterns.
The Larger than Life algorithm now supports HROT rules, B0 emulation, and many new neighborhoods.
Fixed a number of bugs.
Lots of new patterns.