Recreate the Game of Life simulator

Each issue we’re building a retro video game. In this series of programming games with Python, so far we’ve created a lunar space module, a side scrolling platformer, a 2D graphical insect/animal game, Pac-Man and Pong. Take a look at the Linux Format back catalogue to have a go at creating any of these vintage game formats (more details on page 69).

This issue we’re going to be creating life itself. A simulation of life, that is. , sometimes known as just , is a unique game in that it doesn’t have any interactive properties, per se. The game is set