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Standard Life

Conway's original B3/S23 rule is the collection's reference point: familiar enough to enter immediately, but inexhaustible once it starts moving.

Conway's B3/S23 rule

01A live cell with fewer than two neighbors dies.
02A live cell with two or three neighbors survives.
03A live cell with more than three neighbors dies.
04A dead cell with exactly three neighbors becomes alive.

Neighborhood: Moore · 8 adjacent cells
Update: Synchronous generations
States: Dead / alive
Field: 80 × 80 cells

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Game of Life: Standard Life

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80 × 80 · bounded

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