Template:Conway's Game of Life

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Use this template to create an interactive instance of Conway's Game of Life.

See the installation instructions to get it working in your wiki.

Usage

Call this template with no parameters to create a small game with the the well-known R-pentomino, like so:

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{{Conway's Game of Life}}

See the examples for other configurations.

Installation

To install this template in your wiki:

1. Create a template with the following markup. You can choose the template name, parameter names and defaults to suit your wiki.

   <div class="error">Page 'Template:Conway&' not found</div>
   

2. Create MediaWiki:Gadget-Vivarium.js with the following code:

   /**
    * Vivarium produces an interactive instance of Conway's Game of Life
    * Documentation: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Vivarium
    * Source code: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-Global-Vivarium.js
    */
   mw.loader.load( '//www.mediawiki.org/w/load.php?modules=ext.gadget.Global-Vivarium' );
   

3. Add the following gadget to MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition:

   * Vivarium[ResourceLoader|hidden|default|categories=Gadget:Vivarium]|Vivarium.js
   

Done! Add your template to any page to verify that the installation was successful.

Examples

R-pentomino

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{{Conway's Game of Life | width = 400 | height = 200 | zoom = 3 | cells = 0,0; 0,1; 0,-1; -1,0; 1,1 }}

Spaceships

Markup	Renders as
{{Conway's Game of Life | width = 400 | height = 200 | cells = -39,-12; -39,1; -40,1; -41,1; -42,1; -43,1; -44,0; -39,0; -39,-1; -40,-2; -44,-2; -42,-3; -39,12; -40,12; -41,12; -42,12; -43,12; -44,12; -45,11; -45,9; -39,11; -39,10; -40,9; -42,8; -43,8; -39,-21; -39,-22; -40,-21; -40,-23; -41,-21; -39,-10; -40,-13; -39,-11; -40,-10; -41,-10; -42,-10; -43,-11; -43,-13 }}

Blinkers

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{{Conway's Game of Life | width = 400 | height = 200 | zoom = 3 | cells = 0,0; 10,-1; 11,2; -14,-1; -13,-1; -13,0; -15,2; -16,2; -16,1; -4,21; -4,20; -5,22; -6,22; -9,20; -6,17; -2,20; -2,21; -1,22; 0,22; 0,17; 3,20; 0,24; -1,24; -2,25; -2,26; -4,25; -4,26; -5,24; -6,24; -9,26; -6,29; 0,29; 3,26; 15,15; 15,16; 15,17; 15,14; 16,13; 17,13; 18,13; 19,13; 20,14; 20,15; 20,16; 20,17; 19,18; 18,18; 17,18; 16,18; 18,11; 19,11; 19,10; 18,10; 13,14; 13,15; 12,14; 12,15; 16,20; 17,20; 16,21; 17,21; 22,16; 22,17; 23,17; 23,16; -17,13; -16,14; 20,4; 20,3; 21,3; 23,7; 24,7; 24,6; 30,6; 31,6; 31,5; 27,1; 26,1; 26,2; 38,5; 37,5; 38,4; 33,-1; 32,-1; 32,0; 44,4; 45,4; 45,3; 39,-3; 38,-3; 38,-2; 19,16; 0,1; 0,-1; 10,0; 11,0; 10,1; 11,1; -14,0; -15,1; -4,19; -7,22; -9,19; -7,17; -2,19; 1,22; 1,17; 3,19; 1,24; -2,27; -4,27; -7,24; -9,27; -7,29; 1,29; 3,27; 17,17; -18,14; -17,12; -16,15; -15,13; 22,4; 22,6; 30,4; 28,2; 36,4; 34,0; 44,2; 40,-2; 18,15; -6,9; 3,9; 28,4; 36,2; 34,2; 42,2; 40,0; 42,0; 16,-5; 16,-6; 17,-6; 18,-6; 19,-7; 19,-8; 18,-9; 17,-8; 16,-8; 15,-9; 15,-10; 16,-11; 15,-12; 14,-12; 13,-11; 13,-10; 13,-9; 12,-9; -5,-8; -4,-8; -4,-9; -5,-9; -7,-9; -8,-10; -5,-11; -6,-12; -8,-12; -8,-13; -9,-13; -9,-12; -25,6; -26,6; -26,5; -26,4; -25,4; -27,7; -28,6; -30,6; -30,7; -31,6; -32,6; -32,7; -33,5; -32,4; -32,2; -32,1; -32,0; -33,2; -33,0; -31,-1; -30,0; -28,0; -27,0; -26,0; -28,-1; -26,-1; -25,1; -26,2; -22,-6; -21,-6; -23,-7; -24,-8; -25,-9; -25,-10; -24,-11; -23,-12; -22,-13; -21,-13; -20,-12; -19,-11; -18,-10; -18,-9; -19,-8; -20,-7; -5,9; -4,8; -4,10; -3,9; -2,9; -1,9; 0,9; 1,8; 1,10; 2,9; -9,25; -5,29; -1,29; 3,25; -1,17; 3,21; -5,17; -9,21; 1,-29; 1,-28; 0,-29; 0,-28; 3,-29; 3,-28; 3,-27; 3,-26; 4,-30; 5,-29; 7,-29; 6,-29; 8,-29; 9,-28; 10,-27; 11,-27; 11,-28; 8,-27; 7,-27; 6,-27; 8,-26; 8,-25; 7,-24; 6,-23; 6,-22; 7,-22; 4,-25; 5,-25; 6,-25; 6,-31; 6,-32; 5,-32; 27,-21; 27,-20; 27,-19; 28,-18; 29,-18; 30,-18; 31,-18; 27,-22; 25,-20; 25,-19; 24,-19; 24,-20; 28,-16; 29,-16; 29,-15; 28,-15; 32,-19; 31,-20; 33,-20; 32,-21; 31,-22; 29,-22; 30,-22; 29,-21; 28,-23; 29,-24; 29,-25; 28,-25; -42,23; -40,23; -41,23; -39,23; -38,23; -37,23; -35,25; -34,25; -35,26; -35,21; -34,21; -35,20; -44,21; -44,20; -45,21; -44,25; -44,26; -45,25; -33,26; -33,27; -33,28; -32,28; -33,20; -33,19; -33,18; -32,18; -46,20; -46,19; -46,18; -47,18; -46,26; -46,27; -46,28; -47,28; 31,25; 31,24; 32,23; 33,24; 34,25; 33,26; 33,27; 34,27; 36,25; 37,26; 37,27; 36,27; 37,24; 38,23; 39,24; 39,25; -23,-24; -23,-25; -22,-25; -21,-24; -21,-23; -21,-22; -20,-21; -19,-21; -18,-22; -18,-23; -18,-24; -17,-25; -16,-25; -16,-24 }}

Template data

Use this template to create an interactive instance of Conway's Game of Life

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Autoplay	autoplay	Start the game automatically Example yes	Boolean	optional
Width	width	Width of the instance, in pixels Default 300 Example 600	Number	optional
Height	height	Height of the instance, in pixels Default 150 Example 400	Number	optional
Zoom	zoom	Initial zoom of the instance Example 3	Number	optional
Grid	grid	Initial state of the grid Example on	Boolean	optional
Cells	cells	Initial cells of the instance, specified by a semicolon-separated list of coordinates Default 0,0; 0,1; 0,-1; -1,0; 1,1	String	optional
Fallback	fallback	Fallback file or text, for users with JavaScript disabled or when printing Default [[File:Gospers glider gun.gif]]	Unknown	optional

See also

• es:Plantilla:Juego de la vida - Spanish localization of this template
• Template:Langton's ant - Related template
• User:Sophivorus - Main author of this template

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Conway's Game of Life/doc. (edit | history)
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