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Game Of Life on Windows Pc

Developed By: Pieter Pareit

License: Free

Rating: 4,1/5 - 9 votes

Last Updated: April 16, 2024

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	2.0.2
Size	1.3 MB
Release Date	January 01, 15
Category	Education Apps
App Permissions: Allows an application to read from external storage. [see more (1)]
What's New: Version 2.0 (31/12/2014)* complete overhaul* translation and zooming is now calculated with matrix algebra* loads/saves life 1.06 files* contains a small... [see more]
Description from Developer: The Game of Life, also known simply as Life, is a cellular automaton devised by the British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970. The "game" is a zero-player game, m... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Game Of Life and install on Windows PC. Game Of Life is free Education app, developed by Pieter Pareit. Latest version of Game Of Life is 2.0.2, was released on 2015-01-01 (updated on 2024-04-16). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 500. Overall rating of Game Of Life is 4,1. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 9 users, 2 users had rated it 5*, 7 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Game Of Life on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Game Of Life on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Game Of Life on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Install using BlueStacks
Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install Game Of Life using BlueStacks

Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
Once installed, click "Game Of Life" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Game Of Life on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Game Of Life" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 2.0.2.

Download Game Of Life 2.0.2 on Windows PC – 1.3 MB

The Game of Life, also known simply as Life, is a cellular automaton devised by the British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970.

The "game" is a zero-player game, meaning that its evolution is determined by its initial state, requiring no further input. One interacts with the Game of Life by creating an initial configuration and observing how it evolves.

Rules:
The universe of the Game of Life is an infinite two-dimensional orthogonal grid of square cells, each of which is in one of two possible states, alive or dead. Every cell interacts with its eight neighbours, which are the cells that are horizontally, vertically, or diagonally adjacent. At each step in time, the following transitions occur:
Any live cell with fewer than two live neighbours dies.
Any live cell with two or three live neighbours lives on.
Any live cell with more than three live neighbours dies.
Any dead cell with exactly three live neighbours becomes a live cell.

The initial pattern constitutes the seed of the system. The first generation is created by applying the above rules simultaneously to every cell in the seed—births and deaths occur simultaneously, and the discrete moment at which this happens is sometimes called a tick (in other words, each generation is a pure function of the preceding one). The rules continue to be applied repeatedly to create further generations.

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway_game_of_life

About this implementation:
This program was initially written to get acquainted with the android API. What is nicer then using such a beautiful mathematical object like this automaton. I took special care to implement this with tablets in mind.

The code is available under the GPL licence, see the github site ppareit/gameoflife.

Programming: Pieter Pareit
Artwork: Birgit Niemegeers

Version 2.0 (31/12/2014)
* complete overhaul
* translation and zooming is now calculated with matrix algebra
* loads/saves life 1.06 files
* contains a small library with popular life seeds
* improved UI with navigation drawer

Allows an application to read from external storage.