Golly
Experience one of the top-rated Free games on the App Store, Golly! Developed by the innovative team at Andrew Trevorrow, this Simulation game provides a unique gaming experience like no other. With a content rating of 4+, it’s perfect for a wide range of players. Since its initial release on 28th August 2012, the game has seen numerous updates, with the latest version launched on 22nd December 2020.
Are you a fan of Simulation, games? Then Golly is right up your alley! You won’t be able to resist its appeal.
User Ratings of Golly
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How Much Does Golly Cost?
Good news! You can download Golly on your iOS device absolutely free!
Golly Release Date
Eager to know when Golly first graced the App Store? It was launched on 28th August 2012.
When Was Golly Last Updated?
The latest version of Golly was updated on 22nd December 2020, ensuring a more enjoyable gaming experience for all players.
Where Can I Download Golly?
To get started with Golly, head over to the official Apple App Store.
A Glimpse into Golly
Golly is an open source, cross-platform application for exploring Conway’s Game of Life and many other types of cellular automata.
Key features:
Supports bounded and unbounded universes, with cells of up to 256 states.
Supports multiple algorithms, including Bill Gosper’s super fast hashlife algorithm.
Many different types of CA are included: John von Neumann’s 29-state CA, Wolfram’s 1D rules, WireWorld, Generations, Langton’s Loops, Larger than Life, etc.
Reads RLE, macrocell, Life 1.05/1.06, dblife, and MCell files.
Can extract patterns and rules from zip files.
Can download patterns and rules from online archives.
Includes a state-of-the-art pattern collection.
Unlimited undo/redo.
Extensive help, with an integrated Life Lexicon.
What’s New in the Latest Update?
Find out what’s new in the latest version of Golly updated on 22nd December 2020:
Includes a new Super algorithm.
The Larger than Life algorithm now supports HROT format rules,
B0 emulation and many new neighborhoods including weighted
and custom neighborhoods.
User Reviews on Golly
Looking for more information? Read a comprehensive review of Golly below:
Pls add support for weighted life.
This would be complete if made Universal.
We looked at every Conways Game of Life app, and this is by far the best. Not only does it allow a huge field thats very easy to zoom in to draw, but you can switch between Draw and Move modes so you dont accidentally draw while youre trying to zoom in or out. Of course it comes with all the other features youd expect but a lot of GOL dont have. A pretty large library of patterns comes with it, and as a bonus theres documentation on each pattern. And best of all, you can even change the ruleset to explore other interesting universes.
This app even has John Von Neumann’s self replicating machine.
This is the best cellular automata/life app by far.
We have Golly on our PC as well as on our IPad and we were surprised at how easy it was to use. It is amazing what you can create with this :) It doesnt work on IOS 10 though.
Golly has been around for a while and comes from a traditional programming tradition long before iPads, Windows 7, and the like. This is a good implementation for the iPad and has afforded us many hours of fun and learning about Conway’s Game of Life. There are other cellular simulations, but Life is the real stuff.
We were writing our own version, but this is very very fast and so complete, we think there is not much that can be done in this field, but we’re happy as this is so good.
We’ve been using Golly on our desktop since 2008. It is, without competition, the best program for discovering and simulating 2D cellular automat. The intuitive yet powerful Rule Table format for defining rules, combined with scripting, make it excellent for finding interesting rules, and the Python scripting combined with Hashlife make discovering and engineering patterns easier than in any other program we have used.
Ok, golly has always been our absolute favorite GOL simulator. It’s so customizable and versatile, and now it’s on mobile? Boy am we happy.
We love game of life, we’re hooked. But this DEFINITELY surpassed our expectations. We were happily surprised when we saw the save and load options, the preset patterns and a DOWNLOAD BUTTON! We think this is the best yet!
To those of you NOT already familiar with Conway’s Game of Life, this is not an actual game. It is a simulation of cellular automata. You’ll want to do a bit of research before you’ll want this app. We suggest running a glider with pencil and graph paper for a few generations, so that you really appreciate this app. :-) we downloaded a bunch of GOLs, and this is "the one". Infinite universe (no wrapping), amazing zoom/pan, amazing speed, amazing library of patterns, great user interface. We can’t think of any improvements that don’t involve telepathy.
This is an awesome and quality app. Thanks to the devs! Very interesting topic with infinite possibilities. Check it out, be creative, it’s good for the brain.
THEY ACTUALLY MADE THIS INTO AN APP FOR THE iPAD Sorry, got a bit carried away.
Blazingly fast, huge pattern library. Interface and icon could be prettier but who cares, this is The One.