File:Conways game of life breeder animation.gif

Conways_game_of_life_breeder_animation.gif(379 × 192 pixels, file size: 753 KB, MIME type: image/gif, looped, 499 frames, 11 s)

Description Animation of breeder pattern in Conway's Game of Life
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Source Code

The first generation is the bmp file 000001.bmp (which should be saved in the same folder as the script).

a=file('000001.bmp','rb+')
head=a.read(54);mat=[];wid=379;hei=192
for l in range(wid): mat.append([False]*hei)
for y in range(hei):
 for x in range(wid):
  mat[x][y]=(a.read(3)==chr(0)*3)
 useless=a.read(wid%4)
def num(x,y):
 options=[]
 options.append(mat[(x+1)%wid][(y  )%hei])
 options.append(mat[(x+1)%wid][(y+1)%hei])
 options.append(mat[(x  )%wid][(y+1)%hei])
 options.append(mat[(x-1)%wid][(y+1)%hei])
 options.append(mat[(x-1)%wid][(y  )%hei])
 options.append(mat[(x-1)%wid][(y-1)%hei])
 options.append(mat[(x  )%wid][(y-1)%hei])
 options.append(mat[(x+1)%wid][(y-1)%hei])
 return options.count(True)
def newgen():
 newmat=[]
 for l in range(wid): newmat.append([False]*hei)
 for y in range(hei):
  for x in range(wid):
   numnum=num(x,y)
   if not mat[x][y] and numnum==3: newmat[x][y]=True
   elif mat[x][y] and (numnum==2 or numnum==3): newmat[x][y]=True
 return newmat

for l in range(2,499):
 b=file(str(l).zfill(6)+'.bmp','wb+')
 b.write(head);mat=newgen()
 for y in range(hei):
  for x in range(wid):
   b.write(chr(255-255*int(mat[x][y]))*3)
  b.write(chr(0)*(wid%4))
 print chr(8)*30+str(l).zfill(6)+'.bmp finished.',

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This image is a derivative work of the following images:

  • Image:Conways_game_of_life_breeder.png licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0, Cc-by-sa-3.0
    • 2008-11-02T13:34:51Z Hyperdeath 379x192 (2881 Bytes) {{Information |Description= Breeder pattern in Conway's Game of Life |Source=self-made |Date= |Author= [[User:Hyperdeath|Hyperdeath]] |Permission= |other_versions= }}

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current22:03, 4 March 2014Thumbnail for version as of 22:03, 4 March 2014379 × 192 (753 KB)ProtiousReverted to version as of 01:30, 29 November 2008 - original version pauses for half a second at the end and shows the different parts of the breeder marked in different colors - better illustration
04:13, 17 March 2012Thumbnail for version as of 04:13, 17 March 2012379 × 192 (647 KB)AiyizoOptimized
01:30, 29 November 2008Thumbnail for version as of 01:30, 29 November 2008379 × 192 (753 KB)Protious{{Information |Description=Animation of breeder pattern in Conway's Game of Life |Source=*Image:Conways_game_of_life_breeder.png |Date=2008-11-29 01:23 (UTC) |Author=*derivative work: ~~~ *Image:Conways_game_of_life_breeder.png: [[User:Hyperde

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