"""Game of Life simulation. Conway's game of life is a classic cellular automation created in 1970 by John Conway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life Exercises 1. Can you identify any Still Lifes, Oscillators, or Spaceships? 2. How can you make the simulation faster? Or bigger? 3. How would you modify the initial state? 4. Try changing the rules of life :) """ from random import choice from turtle import * from freegames import square cells = {} def initialize(): "Randomly initialize the cells." for x in range(-200, 200, 10): for y in range(-200, 200, 10): cells[x, y] = False for x in range(-50, 50, 10): for y in range(-50, 50, 10): cells[x, y] = choice([True, False]) def step(): "Compute one step in the Game of Life." neighbors = {} for x in range(-190, 190, 10): for y in range(-190, 190, 10): count = -cells[x, y] for h in [-10, 0, 10]: for v in [-10, 0, 10]: count += cells[x+h, y+v] neighbors[x, y] = count for cell, count in neighbors.items(): if cells[cell]: if count < 2 or count > 3: cells[cell] = False elif count == 3: cells[cell] = True def draw(): "Draw all the squares." step() clear() for (x, y), alive in cells.items(): color = 'green' if alive else 'black' square(x, y, 10, color) update() ontimer(draw, 100) setup(420, 420, 370, 0) hideturtle() tracer(False) initialize() draw() done()