Golly is an open source, cross-platform application for exploring Conway's Game of Life and many other types of cellular automata.
Key features:
Supports bounded and unbounded universes, with cells of up to 256 states.
Supports multiple algorithms, including Bill Gosper's super fast hashlife algorithm.
Many different types of CA are included: John von Neumann's 29-state CA, Wolfram's 1D rules, WireWorld, Generations, Langton's Loops, Larger than Life, etc.
Reads RLE, macrocell, Life 1.05/1.06, dblife, and MCell files.
Can extract patterns and rules from zip files.
Can download patterns and rules from online archives.
Includes a state-of-the-art pattern collection.
Unlimited undo/redo.
Extensive help, with an integrated Life Lexicon.
I looked at every Conway’s Game of Life app, and this is by far the best. Not only does it allow a huge field that’s very easy to zoom in to draw, but you can switch between Draw and Move modes so you don’t accidentally draw while you’re trying to zoom in or out. Of course it comes with all the other features you’d expect but a lot of GOL don’t have.A pretty large library of patterns comes with it, and as a bonus there’s documentation on each pattern.And best of all, you can even change the ruleset to explore other interesting universes.
Best GOL (game of life)
Sford
To those of you NOT already familiar with Conway's Game of Life, this is not an actual game. It is a simulation of cellular automata. You'll want to do a bit of research before you'll want this app. I suggest running a glider with pencil and graph paper for a few generations, so that you really appreciate this app. :-)I downloaded a bunch of GOLs, and this is "the one". Infinite universe (no wrapping), amazing zoom/pan, amazing speed, amazing library of patterns, great user interface. I can't think of any improvements that don't involve telepathy.
Old program redone well
JKSellers
Golly has been around for a while and comes from a traditional programming tradition long before iPads, Windows 7, and the like.This is a good implementation for the iPad and has afforded me many hours of fun and learning about Conway's Game of Life. There are other cellular simulations, but Life is the real stuff.
its ok but tiamat is better
fayfoxxhearts
i like how theres different engines & how u can run it super fast but pookies ima be honest im not using it bc it doesnt support continuous automata (like Lenia for example) and it also doesnt support multi layer automata like Widelife which is my ruleset and the whole reason i got this... i get that continuous automata is rlly hard to run but like multi layer is not so it would be nice to have that yk... til then ill use tiamat for most stuff but i like how the universe is gigantic yet u can do millions of cycles per second
Fixed a number of bugs that caused the app to freeze.
Rule files are displayed alphabetically.
Auto-correction when editing text has been disabled.
The app always runs in Light mode.
Version 1.5
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Information
Seller
Andrew Trevorrow
Size
15.1 MB
Category
Simulation
Compatibility
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
