Last Updated on June 23, 2023
Summary
The Game of Life is a fine example in science of how a few simple rules can result in incredibly complex behavior. It’s also rather cool and interesting to observe how the generations evolve.
While Golly offers a large number of patterns, the real fun is to make your own patterns. Golly makes this a very simple process. Add your own patterns, scripts and rules.
You can improve performance by increasing the maximum memory size used by the hash-based algorithms.
Website: golly.sourceforge.io
Support: Help
Developer: The Golly Gand including Tom Rokicki, Andrew Trevorrow, and contributors
License: GNU General Public License Version 2
Golly is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction / Installation
Page 2 – In Operation
Page 3 – Summary