canvaslife

Conway's Game of Life implemented in HTML5 canvas.

Usage

1. Populate the grid by click and dragging your mouse to revive/kill cells, or by choosing pre-populated patterns from the drop-down.
2. Press the "Start Life" button to see your cells evolve.

Patterns: --- $rats $rats_synth 1 beacon 1 beacon_synth 1-2-3 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4_synth 10-cell infinite growth 10-engine Cordership 101 104P177 104P177 reactions 104P177_synth 104P25 105P25 112P51 112P51 extended 112P51_synth 114P6H1V0 114P6H1V0 pushalong 117P18 117P9H3V0 119P4H1V0 123P27.1 124P21 124P37 126P3H1V0 128P13.1 13-engine Cordership 132P37 134P25 134P39.1 144P24 145P20 151P3H1V0 158P3 on Achim's p11 160P10H2V0 168P22.1 17c/45_Reaction 186P24 18P2.471 2 fumaroles 20P2 21P2 21P2_synth 22P2 22P36 22P36_synth 23334M 233P3H1V0 23P2 23P2_synth 24P10 24P2 25P3H1V0.1 25P3H1V0.2 26P2 26P40 274P6H1V0 28P7.1 28P7.2 28P7.2_synth 295P5H1V1 29P9 2c/5 ladders 2x12 infinite growth 2x2 10-cell still lifes 2x2 2-cell still lifes 2x2 3-cell still lifes 2x2 4-cell still lifes 2x2 5-cell still lifes 2x2 6-cell still lifes 2x2 7-cell still lifes 2x2 8-cell still lifes 2x2 9-cell still lifes 2x2 block oscillators 2x2 glider 2x2 line puffer 2x2 oscillators 2x2 period 2 oscillators 2x2 still lifes 3-engine Cordership 3-engine Cordership LWSS reflection 3-engine Cordership eater 3-engine Cordership gun 3-engine Cordership_synth 30P5H2V0 34P13 35P52 35P52_synth 36P22 36P22_synth 37P10.1 37P10.2 37P7.1 38P11.1 38P7.2 38P7.3 4 boats 4-8-12_diamond 4-engine Cordership 4-engine Cordership v2 400P49 41P7.2 42P10.1 43P18 43P18_synth 440P49.1 44P5H2V0 44P7.2 45 hivenudgers 46P22 46P4H1V0 47P72 47P72_synth 48P22 48P31 49P88 49P88_synth 4c/9 ladders 5-engine Cordership 50P35 54P17.1 56P27 56P6H1V0 58P5H1V1 5x5 infinite growth 6-engine Cordership 6-engine Cordership v2 6-engine Cordership_synth 60P13.1 60P3H1V0.3 60P3H1V0.3 reactions 60P5H2V0 60P5H2V0 eater 60P5H2V0_synth 64P13.1 64P13.2 64P2H1V0 65P13.1 67P5H1V1 69P48 7-engine Cordership 7-engine Cordership reflections 7-in-a-row Cordership 7-in-a-row Cordership_synth 70P5H2V0 71P17.1 7468M 77P6H1V1 78P70 86P5H1V1 86P9H3V0 88P28 92P33.1 94P27.1 98P25 98P25_synth A for all A for all_synth AK47 reaction Achim's p11 Achim's p144 Achim's p144_synth Achim's p16 Achim's p16_synth Achim's p4 Achim's p4_synth Achim's p8 Acorn Acorn_synth Aircraft carrier Aircraft carrier_synth Airforce Almost knightship Almosymmetric Alternate eater 5 Alternate pi orbital Alternate wickstretcher 1 Alternate_PD_on_snacker Ants Anvil Asymmetric pre-pulsar spaceship B-52 bomber B-heptomino B-heptomino_synth B29 B29 with gliders B3578/S238 replicator Babbling brook 1 Backrake 1 Backrake 2 Backrake 3 Backward space rake Baker Baker's dozen Baker's dozen_synth Bakery Bakery_synth Barge Barge (extended) Barge (spaceship) Barge 2 (extended) Barge 2 (spaceship) Barge_synth Beacon Beacon and two tails Beacon and two tails_synth Beacon maker Beacon on 38P11.1 Beacon_synth Bee hat Bee hat_synth Beehive Beehive and cap Beehive and dock Beehive and long hook eating tub Beehive and long hook eating tub_synth Beehive and table Beehive at beehive Beehive at beehive_synth Beehive at loaf Beehive at loaf_synth Beehive bend tail Beehive bend tail_synth Beehive fuse Beehive with nine Beehive with nine_synth Beehive with tail Beehive with tail_synth Beehive_synth Bent keys Bent keys_synth Bi-block Bi-block_synth Bi-cap Bi-cap_synth Bi-clock Bi-gun Bi-gun_synth Bi-loaf 1 Bi-loaf 1_synth Bi-loaf 2 Bi-loaf 2_synth Bi-loaf 3 Bi-pond Bi-pond_synth Big S Big S_synth Big glider Bipole Bipole bridge pseudo-barberpole Bipole bridge pseudo-barberpole_synth Bipole_synth Bistable switch Biting off more than they can chew Biting off more than they can chew extended Biting off more than they can chew_synth Blinker Blinker fuse Blinker fuse (6c/13) Blinker fuse 2 Blinker fuse 3 Blinker fuse_synth Blinker puffer 1 Blinker puffer 1_synth Blinker puffer 2 Blinker ship 1 Blinker_synth Blinkers bit pole Block Block and cap Block and cap_synth Block and dock Block and dock_synth Block and glider Block and two tails Block and two tails_synth Block on boat Block on boat_synth Block on table Block on table_synth Block-laying switch engine Block-laying switch engine predecessor Block-laying switch engine_synth Block_synth Blockade Blockade_synth Blocked p4 t-nose Blocked p4-1 Blocked p4-2 Blocked p4-3 Blocker Blocker_synth Blom Boat Boat maker Boat on quadpole Boat on quadpole_synth Boat on spark coil Boat on spark coil_synth Boat with long tail Boat with long tail_synth Boat-bit Boat-ship-tie Boat-ship-tie_synth Boat-tie Boat-tie_synth Boat_synth Boatstretcher 1 Bomber predecessor Boojum reflector Bookend Bookend_synth Bookends Bookends_synth Boss Bottle Brain Bricklayer Buckaroo Buckaroo_synth Bullet heptomino Bun Bunnies Bunnies 10 Bunnies 11 Bunnies 9 Bunnies_synth Burloaferimeter Burloaferimeter_synth Butterfly Butterfly_synth By flops By flops_synth C-heptomino Caber tosser 1 Canada goose Candelabra Candlefrobra Candlefrobra_synth Canoe Canoe_synth Cap Carnival shuttle Carrier siamese carrier Carrier siamese carrier_synth Carrier siamese snake Carrier siamese snake_synth Caterer Caterer on 34P13 Caterer on 36P22 Caterer on 44P7.2 Caterer on figure eight Caterer_synth Cauldron Cauldron_synth Centinal Centinal reflector Centinal_synth Century Century eater Champage glass Champagne glass Chemist Cheshire cat Chicken wire Cis-R-bee and R-loaf Cis-barge with tail Cis-barge with tail_synth Cis-beacon and anvil Cis-beacon and cap Cis-beacon and cap_synth Cis-beacon and dock Cis-beacon and dock_synth Cis-beacon and table Cis-beacon and table_synth Cis-beacon up and long hook Cis-block and long hook Cis-block and long hook_synth Cis-boat and dock Cis-boat and dock_synth Cis-boat and long hook eating tub Cis-boat and long hook eating tub_synth Cis-boat and table Cis-boat and table_synth Cis-boat with tail Cis-boat with tail_synth Cis-fuse with two tails Cis-fuse with two tails_synth Cis-hook and R-bee Cis-hook with tail Cis-hook with tail_synth Cis-loaf with tail Cis-loaf with tail_synth Cis-mirrored R-bee Cis-mirrored R-bee_synth Cis-rotated R-bee Cis-shillelagh Cis-shillelagh_synth Claw with tail Claw with tail_synth Clock Clock 2 Clock_synth Coe ship Coe ship_synth Coe's p8 Coe's p8_synth Conduit 1 Confused eaters Confused eaters_synth Cord puller Cousins Cover Cow Crab Crab tubstretcher Cross Cross 2 Crowd Crown Crown_synth Cuphook Cuphook_synth Dart Dead spark coil Dead spark coil_synth Diamond ring Diamond ring_synth Die hard Dinner table Dinner table extension Diuresis Do-see-do Dock Double X Double caterer Double ewe Dragon Dragon flotillae Eater 1 Eater 1 reactions Eater 1 with blinker Eater 1 with glider Eater 1 with loaf Eater 1 with pre-beehive Eater 1_synth Eater 2 Eater 2_synth Eater 3 Eater 4 Eater 5 Eater 5 eating gliders Eater on boat Eater on boat_synth Eater plug Eater plug_synth Eater siamese eater Eater siamese eater_synth Eater stamp collection Eater/block frob Eater/block frob_synth Ecologist Edge repair Herschel Edge-repair spaceship 1 Edge-repair spaceship 2 Edna Edna 26 Electric fence Eleven loop Eleven loop_synth Elevener Elevener_synth Elkies' p5 Elkies' p5_synth Ellison p4 HW emulator Ellison p4 HW emulator hybrid Empty En retard Enterprise Eureka Eureka v2 Eureka_synth Extra extra long snake Extra extra long snake_synth Extra long snake Extra long snake_synth Extremely impressive Extremely impressive_synth Fast forward force field Figure eight Figure eight as reflector Figure eight on 36P22 Figure eight on pentadecathlon Figure eight_synth Fleet Fleet_synth Fly Fly extension Fly on 60P3H1V0.3 Fore and back Fountain Four boats_synth Fourteener Fourteener_synth Fox Fox_synth French kiss Frog II Fumarole Fumarole on 34P13 Fumarole on Achim's p11 Fumarole_synth Gabriel's p138 Gabriel's p138_synth Garden of Eden 1 Garden of Eden 2 Garden of Eden 3 Garden of Eden 4 Garden of Eden 5 Gardens of Eden Germ Glasses Glasses_synth Glide symmetric PPS Glider Glider duplicator 1 Glider loop Glider symmetric PPS Glider-producing switch engine Glider-producing switch engine predecessor Glider-producing switch engine_synth Glider_synth Gliders by the dozen Gliders by the dozen_synth Gosper glider gun Gosper glider gun (glider destruction) Gosper glider gun_synth Gotts dots Gourmet Gray counter Gray counter_synth Great on off_synth Great on-off Griddle and beehive Griddle and beehive_synth Griddle and block Griddle and block_synth Griddle and boat Griddle and boat_synth Grin Gunstar Gunstar 2 Gunstar 216 HWSS blinker fuse Hacksaw Halfmax Halfmax v2 Halfmax v3 Hammerhead Harbor Harbor_synth Harvester Hat Hat_synth Heart Heavyweight emulator Heavyweight emulator_synth Heavyweight spaceship Heavyweight spaceship_synth Heavyweight volcano Hebdarole Hectic Heptapole Heptapole_synth Herschel Herschel grandparent Herschel parent Herschel receiver Herschel transmitter (stable) Hertz oscillator Hertz oscillator_synth Hexapole Hexapole_synth HighLife 10-cell still lifes HighLife 11-cell still lifes HighLife 12-cell still lifes HighLife 13-cell still lifes HighLife 4-cell still lifes HighLife 5-cell still lifes HighLife 6-cell still lifes HighLife 7-cell still lifes HighLife 8-cell still lifes HighLife 9-cell still lifes Hive maker Hivenudger Hivenudger 2 Hivenudger_synth Honey farm Honey farm_synth Honeycomb Honeycomb_synth Hook with tail Hook with tail_synth Hooks House House_synth Hustler Hustler II Hustler II_synth Hustler_synth Infinite glider hotel 2 Infinite glider hotel 3 Inline inverter Integral sign Integral sign_synth Integral with hook Integral with hook_synth Integral with tub Integral with tub_synth Interchange Interchange_synth Iwona Jack Jack_synth Jam Jam on 34P13.1 Jam on 44P7.2 Jam_synth Jason's bow Jellyfish Jolson Jolson (period 9) Jolson_synth Justyna Karel's p15 Karel's p15_synth Killer candlefrobras Killer toads Kok's galaxy Kok's galaxy_synth LWSS tagalong Lake 2 Lake 2_synth Laputa Lidka Life without death quadratic growth Light bulb Light bulb_synth Light speed oscillator 1 Light speed oscillator 2 Light speed oscillator 3 Lightweight emulator Lightweight spaceship Lightweight spaceship_synth Line-puffer Loading dock Loaf Loaf siamese barge Loaf siamese barge_synth Loaf siamese loaf Loaf siamese loaf_synth Loaf tractor beam Loaf_synth Log(t)^2 growth Long Canada goose Long barge Long barge_synth Long boat Long boat_synth Long canoe Long canoe_synth Long hook Long hook with tail Long hook with tail_synth Long integral Long integral_synth Long long barge Long long barge_synth Long long boat Long long boat_synth Long long canoe Long long canoe_synth Long long hook with tail Long long hook with tail_synth Long long shillelagh Long long shillelagh_synth Long long ship Long long ship_synth Long long snake Long long snake_synth Long shillelagh Long shillelagh_synth Long ship Long ship_synth Long snake Long snake_synth Loop Loop_synth Mango Mango_synth Mathematician Max Maze 2-cell still lifes Maze 3-cell still lifes Maze 4-cell still lifes Maze 5-cell still lifes Maze 6-cell still lifes Maze 7-cell still lifes Maze 8-cell still lifes Maze 9-cell still lifes Maze period 2 Maze still lifes Maze wickstretcher Mazing Mazing_synth Mickey Mouse Middleweight emulator Middleweight emulator_synth Middleweight spaceship Middleweight spaceship_synth Middleweight volcano Mini pressure cooker Mini pressure cooker_synth Mirage Mirrored dock Mirrored dock_synth Mold Mold and long hook eating tub Mold and long hook eating tub_synth Mold on 41P7.2 Mold on fumarole Mold on fumarole_synth Mold on pentadecathlon Mold on pentadecathlon_synth Mold_synth Monogram Monogram_synth Montana Moose antlers Moose antlers_synth Move puffer Move still lifes Moving sawtooth Multum in parvo Muttering moat 1 Negentropy New five New gun 1 New gun 2 Newshuttle Noah's ark Noah's ark_synth Non-monotonic spaceship 1 O-pentomino Octagon 2 Octagon 2 on 36P22 Octagon 2_synth Octagon 4_synth Odd keys Odd keys_synth Odd test tube baby Odd test tube baby_synth One per generation Original P15 pre-pulsar spaceship Original P56 B-heptomino shuttle Original diuresis Original p44 pi-heptomino hassler Orion Orion 2 Ortho-loaf and table Ortho-loaf and table_synth Overweight spaceship P-pentomino P110 traffic jam P132 Hans Leo hassler P144 Hans Leo hassler P15 pre-pulsar spaceship P156 Hans Leo hassler P30 beehive hassler P36 toad hassler P37 interaction P40 B-heptomino shuttle P44 pi-heptomino hassler P44 pi-heptomino hassler_synth P44 traffic light hassler P44 traffic light hassler (original) P48 toad hassler P48 toad sucker P5 reflector P5 reflector with gliders P50 traffic jam P50 traffic jam_synth P54 shuttle_synth P56 B-heptomino shuttle P56 B-heptomino shuttle_synth P58 toadsucker P94S2 Paperclip Paperclip_synth Parabolic sawtooth Partial queen bee loop Pedestle Penny lane Pentadecathlon Pentadecathlon on 37P7.1 Pentadecathlon on 38P7.2 Pentadecathlon on snacker Pentadecathlon on snacker_synth Pentadecathlon on thumb 1 Pentadecathlon_synth Pentant Pentapole Pentapole_synth Pentoad Pentoad 1H2 Pentoad 2 Pentoad with two hexominoes Pentoad_synth Period 2 oscillators Period 3 oscillators Period 4 oscillators Period 5 oscillators Period 6 oscillators Period 7 and 8 oscillators Period 8 eater 3 Phoenix 1 Phoenix 1 extended Phoenix 1_synth Pi eater Pi eater 2 Pi orbital Pi portraitor Pi ship 1 Pi-heptomino Pi-heptomino_synth Pincers_synth Pinwheel Pipsquirter 1 Pipsquirter 1 as reflector Pipsquirter 2 Pipsquirter 2 reflector Piston Pond Pond on pond Pond on pond_synth Pond_synth Popover Pre-beehive Pre-beehive_synth Pre-block Pre-block_synth Pre-pulsar Pre-pulsar hassler 55 Pre-pulsar predecessor Pre-pulsar shuttle 26 Pre-pulsar shuttle 28 Pre-pulsar shuttle 29 Pre-pulsar shuttle 29 v2 Pre-pulsar shuttle 29 v3 Pre-pulsar shuttle 47 Pre-pulsar shuttle 47 v2 Pre-pulsar spaceship Pressure cooker Protein Pseudo-barberpole Pseudo-barberpole on 36p22 Pseudo-barberpole_synth Puffer 1 Puffer 2 Puffer 2_synth Pulsar Pulsar quadrant Pulsar quadrant_synth Pulsar_synth Pushalong 1 Q-pentomino Quad Quad pseudo still life Quad_synth Quadpole Quadpole_synth Quasar Queen bee Queen bee loop Queen bee shuttle Queen bee shuttle pi predecessor Queen bee shuttle_synth Queen bee turner Queen bee turning reaction 1 Queen bee_synth R-bee and snake R-bee and snake_synth R-loaf R-pentomino R-pentomino_synth R2D2 Rabbits Rabbits_synth Radial pseudo-barberpole Rectifier Replicator Replicator predecessor Revolver Ring of fire Roteightor Rumbling river 1 S-pentomino Sailboat Sawtooth 1 Sawtooth 1163 Sawtooth 1846 Sawtooth 260 Sawtooth 262 Sawtooth 269 Sawtooth 362 Sawtooth 562 Sawtooth 633 Schick engine Schick engine_synth Scorpion Scorpion_synth Scot's p5 Scrubber Scrubber_synth Seal Sesquihat Sesquihat_synth Shillelagh Shillelagh_synth Ship Ship in a bottle Ship maker Ship on bipole_synth Ship on long boat Ship on long boat_synth Ship on quadpole Ship on quadpole_synth Ship-tie Ship-tie_synth Ship_synth Short keys Short keys_synth Sidecar Sidecar eater Sidecar gun Sidecar_synth Sidewalk Sidewalk_synth Siesta Silver's p5 Silver's p5_synth Six Ls Sixty-nine Skewed pre-pulsar Skewed quad Skewed quad_synth Skewed traffic light Slide gun Slow puffer 1 Slow puffer 2 Small lake Small lake_synth Small still lifes Smaller newshuttle Smiley Smiley_synth Snacker Snacker 2 Snacker on 38P7.2 Snacker_synth Snail Snake Snake bridge snake Snake bridge snake_synth Snake dance Snake pit Snake pit 2 Snake pit 2_synth Snake siamese snake Snake siamese snake_synth Snake_synth Snorkel loop Snorkel loop_synth Sombreros Space rake Spacefiller 1 Spacefiller 2 Spark coil Spark coil_synth Sparky Spider Spiral Squaredance Stairstep hexomino Star Star gate Star gate with lightweight spaceships Star with blocks Star_synth Still life tagalong Still lifes Stillater Superfountain Surprise Swan Swan boatstretcher Swan weld goose Switch engine Symmetric scorpion T-nosed p4 T-nosed p6 T-pentomino T-tetromino Table Table on table Table on table_synth Tail Teardrop Teardrop_synth Technician Teeth Test tube baby Test tube baby_synth Tethered rake Tetrominoes Thumb 1 Thumb 2 Thunderbird Thunderbird_synth Time bomb Titanic toroidal traveler Toad Toad flipper Toad sucker Toad_synth Toaster Total aperiodic Total periodic Traffic circle Traffic jam Traffic light Traffic light_synth Trans-R-bee and R-loaf Trans-barge with tail Trans-barge with tail_synth Trans-beacon and cap Trans-beacon and cap_synth Trans-beacon and dock Trans-beacon and dock_synth Trans-beacon and table Trans-beacon and table_synth Trans-block and long hook Trans-block and long hook eating tub_synth Trans-block and long hook_synth Trans-boat and dock Trans-boat with nine Trans-boat with nine_synth Trans-boat with tail Trans-boat with tail_synth Trans-fuse with two tails Trans-fuse with two tails_synth Trans-hook and R-bee Trans-loaf with tail Trans-loaf with tail_synth Trans-mirrored R-bee Trans-mirrored R-bee_synth Trans-queen bee shuttle Trans-rotated R-bee Transparent block reaction Tri-block Trice tongs Trice tongs_synth Triple caterer Triple pseudo still life Triplets Tripole Tripole_synth Tritoad True period 22 gun Tub Tub test tube baby Tub test tube baby_synth Tub with long long tail Tub with long long tail_synth Tub with long tail Tub with long tail_synth Tub with tail Tub with tail_synth Tub_synth Tubber Tumbler Tumbler_synth Tumbling T-tetson Turning toads Turtle Turtle with tagalong Twin bees shuttle Twin bees shuttle v2 Twin bees shuttle_synth Twin hat Twin hat_synth Twirling T-tetsons 2 Two eaters Two eaters_synth Two pre-L hasslers Two pulsar quadrants Two-glider mess Two-glider mess_synth U-pentomino Unicycle Unicycle_synth Unidimensional four gliders Unidimensional infinite growth Unidimensional nothing Unidimensional pentadecathlon Unidimensional six gliders Unidimensional tumbler Unix Unix on 41P7.2 Unix_synth V-pentomino Vacuum (gun) Vacuum (gun) pulling Venetian blinds Very long house W-pentomino Washerwoman Washing machine Washing machine_synth Wasp Wavefront Waveguide 1 Weekender Weekender tagalong Welded geese Why not Why not_synth Wickstretcher 1 Windmill Wing Wing (spaceship) Wing extended Worker bee Worker bee_synth X-pentomino Y-pentomino Z-hexomino Z-pentomino Zweiback aVerage beacon and long hook_synth beacon and long hook_synth beehive and table_synth c/2 wickstretcher c/3 ladder c/3 ladders c/4 diagonal puffer 1 c/4 orthogonal spaceships c/5 diagonal puffer 1 c/5 diagonal tubstretcher c/5 greyship cross_synth mold on 36P22 mold on 36P22_synth original gliders by the dozen p18 glider shuttle p230 glider shuttle p246 glider shuttle p31 reflection p35.1 p36 toadsucker p37 reflections p42 glider shuttle p44 guns p46 gun p50 glider shuttle p54 shuttle p88 pi-heptomino hassler roteightor extension twogun x66 Speed: /10