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SmoothLifeL

Tim Hutton · demo · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Tim Hutton's demonstration of SmoothLifeL, a continuous version of Conway's Game of Life using floating point values. It shows gliders traveling in any direction, rotating pairs, and elastic cord-like structures, with config details to run it yourself.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it whenever Game of Life or cellular automata come up, as the best visual example of a mesmerizing continuous-domain alternative.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “Must see evolution of GOL”

    SmoothLife, continuous Game of Life with floating point values

    sandworm101, 2020-04 · Strong recommendation · in “Game of Life, Simulated in the Game of Life (2012) [video]”

  2. “I find SmoothLife more interesting”

    SmoothLife as a more interesting take on Game of Life

    TazeTSchnitzel, 2014-05 · Recommendation · in “Show HN: HTML5 Game of Life in 24-bit RGB”

  3. “Check out the video[0]”

    Mesmerizing continuous-domain version of Game of Life

    kjeetgill, 2018-06 · Recommendation · in “Show HN: Yagol, a Game of Life sandbox built with React.js”

  4. “best video of SmoothLife”

    Best video of SmoothLife

    yesenadam, 2022-01 · Recommendation · in “29-year-old Conway conjecture settled”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: smoothlife, game of life, cellular automata, artificial life, simulation

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