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rules

Each cell has eight neighbors, including diagonals. All cells update simultaneously.

  1. A live cell dies with fewer than two or more than three live neighbors.
  2. A live cell survives with two or three live neighbors.
  3. A dead cell becomes live with exactly three live neighbors; otherwise it remains dead.

local rules

  1. Opposite edges of the grid join.
  2. Ordinary cells (teal) start at age 1. Each surviving step adds 1 to their age, unless a gold neighbor is present. At age 13, they become gold.
  3. Gold cells do not age. They survive unless they have more than three live neighbors for 3 consecutive steps. Both colors count as live neighbors.

Conway’s Game of Life · MathWorld

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