Game of Life 3D

3D implementation of Conway's Game of Life in Processing

Controls

p - Resume/pause the simulation
c - Clear the grid
r - Randomise the grid (generate a new seed)
j - Rotate the grid left
k - Rotate the grid right
h - Zoom the camera in
l - Zoom the camera out
q - Quit

Parameters

Modify the following in GameOfLife3D.pde to your preferences:

• ANIMATION_DELAY (default: 100)
• GRID_WIDTH (default: 32)
• GRID_HEIGHT (default: 32)
• GRID_DEPTH (default: 32)
• CELL_CHANCE_TO_LIVE (default: 5)
  • Relevant only when randomising the grid
  • Must be greater than 0
  • 1 = 100%, 2 = 50%, 4 = 25%, etc.
• CELL_SIZE (default: 5)
• NEIGHBOUR_MAXIMUM (default: 17)
• NEIGHBOUR_MINIMUM (default: 7)
• NEIGHBOUR_REPRODUCTION (default: 8)

Rules

• Live cells with less than 7 neighbours die of underpopulation.
• Live cells with more than 17 neighbours die of overpopulation.
• Dead cells with 8 neighbours live by reproduction.
• Live cells with 7 to 17 neighbours live on to the next generation.

The current rules result in a mostly full grid.

Reference

• https://sites.google.com/site/fishbikeonmefi/mefi-discussions/3d-game-of-life#TOC-3D-Life-2

Note

• The simulation starts with a random seed.

License

MIT License