Game (Boy) of Life

Game Boy port of John Conway’s famous cellular automaton, the Game of Life. Includes custom graphics, music, and sound effects. Board is 20x18 cells and wraps around.

Controls:

• D-Pad (arrow keys) — Move cursor
• A (X) — Set or clear cell
• B (Z) — Toggle auto mode
• Start (Enter) — Reset board

For the unitiated, at each time step:

• A living cell dies if it has fewer than 2 or more than 3 living neighbors.
• A dead cell comes to life if it has exactly 3 living neighbors.

Made with GBDK 2020, GBTD, and hUGETracker. binjgb is the web emulator.

You can play in your browser or download the ROM to play on an emulator or flashcart. This is not a native executable.