This is a drum sequencer that iterates through Conway's game of life on each repetition of the measure. To use, simply select some cells and press play. You can also lock a cell by using right click, or by pressing and holding on mobile. This prevents the cell's state from changing between generations.
Conway's Game of Life is a cellular automata game that consists of three rules
From these rules, a wide variety of behavior can be produced from different starting positions. Although this 5x8 grid limits the posibilities greatly, are still many interesting patterns that emerge from various starting positions Read More Here