[BZH314]

Twitch Plays Conway's Game Of Life is back, in memory of John Conway [1]

It's a multiplayer implementation you play through the Twitch chat by sending commands (!ON, !OFF, !RLE, !HELP, ...).

The list of commands and help: [2]

You can use/learn more complex patterns with RLEs (Run Length Encoded), where a "o" means alive, "b" means dead and "$" is carriage return.

Example of RLE command for a glider: !rle bob$2bo$3o! 0.0 # Create a glider at coordinates 0,0

TPCGOL has a database of 446 patterns (Sir Robin, Gosper Glider Gun, ..), so the equivalent command for the glider above is:

!glider 0.0

A slideshow of all 446 patterns (still lifes, oscillators, guns and spaceships) is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4XgALyX6w8

You can find more patterns on the Conway Life wiki [3]

There's also a Battle Royale mode you can start with !PLAY [4]

In Battle Royale mode, the rules are similar to Fortnite: join a game with !PLAY, !THANK the bus driver, and try to be the last one to have cells alive as the storm shrinks.

RIP John Conway

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[1] https://www.twitch.tv/bzh314

[2] https://bzh314.com/twitch_plays_conway_game_of_life/

[3] http://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/Main_Page

[4] https://bzh314.com/twitch_plays_conway_game_of_life/#play