** Game Of Life DEMO ****
by Theo Kandiliotis
   ionikh@hol.gr
   

ABOUT THE GAME OF LIFE
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The Game of Life, which was developed by John Conway,is a simulation of cellular activity. Each cell's survival is determined by certain rules.If a cell is bordered by one or no other cells, then it will die, because it has removed itself from the group. If a cell is bordered by two, three, or four other cells, it will survive. If a cell has five or more neighbors, it will die from lack of sufficient food and resources. If an empty area is surrounded by three cells, a new cell will grow. These rules are fairly simple and straightforward. Because every cells's survival depends on fellow cells, a complex interdependency develops. This is why the Game of Life is closely related to Chaos. Small changes, even in one cell, has a ripple effect that alters every cell in the colony. This ripple effect is very prominent in chaos. An interesting quote sums it up : A butterfly flapping its wings in Hong Kong will create a thunderstorm in New York a month later.

ABOUT THIS VB5 PROJECT
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Before the demo begins you will be asked to enter an integer from 25 to 1000 as the size for the square cells (measured in twips) .Notice that the speed of the demo increases proportially to the number you type in.Large cells meens a smaller colony since the available room is your screen .Ofcourse a small colony doesn't have much growth potential,it will probably stop expanding after a few generations.After you make this settings ,the simutation begins with a random cell colony. The little squares you'll see in the screen each represent a cell. The cell's color changes as it ages. During the demo you may: 

See a status of the colony with the F1 key
Restart the colony with R
Adjust the size of the cells with S
Exit with Escape

Have fun!

Theo Kandiliotis , ionikh@hol.gr

