This is an implementation of Conway's Game of Life in the Java Framework Processing. Processing is a Framework used mainly for visual demos / effects, see Processing for more information about it, and see Editor for the online editor. To learn more and understand what the Game of Life is, see Wikipedia.
Running the source code will start the simulation. The simulation can be controlled in the following ways:
- Pressing SPACEBAR or the Pause / Resume button will stop and start the simulation.
- Pressing G (on keyboard or on screen) will randomly generate a new simulation.
- Pressing C (on keyboard or on screen) will clear the grid.
- While paused, you can click on cells to turn them on, once a cell is on it can't be manually turned off.