# Conway's game of life (A bit laggy)

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/conways-game-of-life-a-bit-laggy/9618>\
**Category:** Arcade\
**Tags:** game, graphics-and-math\
**Created:** [August 11, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/conways-game-of-life-a-bit-laggy/9618 "2021-08-11T18:26:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![RandomGeneratorCodes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/randomgeneratorcodes/32/4794_2.png) [@RandomGeneratorCodes](https://forum.makecode.com/u/RandomGeneratorCodes)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/conways-game-of-life-a-bit-laggy/9618/1 "2021-08-11T18:26:41Z")

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> **[Conway's game of life (Laggy)](https://arcade.makecode.com/49809-04347-25507-15081)**
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> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.

(This game is a bit laggy.)

**CONTROLS:**  
Press A to switch a square between alive or dead. Press B to simulate a generation/step, which will take a second. (Scroll down for info on what this game is.)

**INFO:**  
Don’t know what **Conway’s Game of Life** is? Here’s what [**Wikipedia**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life) says:

"The universe of the Game of Life is a two-dimensional orthogonal grid of square _cells_ , each of which is in one of two possible states, _live_ or _dead_ , (or _populated_ and _unpopulated_ , respectively). Every cell interacts with its eight _neighbours_ , which are the cells that are horizontally, vertically, or diagonally adjacent. At each step in time, the following transitions occur:

1. Any live cell with two or three live neighbours survives.
2. Any dead cell with three live neighbours becomes a live cell.
3. All other live cells die in the next generation. Similarly, all other dead cells stay dead.

The initial pattern constitutes the _seed_ of the system. The first generation is created by applying the above rules simultaneously to every cell in the seed, live or dead; births and deaths occur simultaneously, and the discrete moment at which this happens is sometimes called a _tick_. Each generation is a _pure function_ of the preceding one. The rules continue to be applied repeatedly to create further generations."

**Here’s a YouTube video in case you’re a visual learner:**  
[Introduction to Conway’s Game of Life on YouTube](https://youtu.be/ouipbDkwHWA)

**TAGS:**  
_Pixel art_  
_Art_  
_Simulation_  
_1-bit_  
_Tiles_  
_Grid_  
_Tileset_  
_Cursor_

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**Author:** ![RandomGeneratorCodes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/randomgeneratorcodes/32/4794_2.png) [@RandomGeneratorCodes](https://forum.makecode.com/u/RandomGeneratorCodes)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/conways-game-of-life-a-bit-laggy/9618/2 "2021-08-13T19:46:46Z")

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Hey, just realized that there’s already a tutorial on the front page about how to make this game. Just so everyone knows, I made this BY MYSELF without the knowledge that the tutorial existed. Sorry. ☹