Cap'n Magneto's Donut Life - 3D version of Conway's Game of Life
Version: 1.0Cap'n Magneto found this control box on Rigel IV, in the ruins of an ancient Plexon civilization.
License: Free To Try $5.95
Operating System: Mac OS X
Homepage: www.capnmagneto.com
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When he activates it in the dark of night, it produces an image that looks like a red plastic donut. Pressing the buttons produces a variety of yellow forms on the donut. The forms move, grow, merge, collide, shrink, and disappear.
Is it a child's toy? A religious artifact? A scientific instrument? Cap'n Magneto doesn't know.
In fact, Donut Life is a highly-interactive 3D version of John Conway's Game of Life played on a translucent torus. The Donut is a giant red plastic torus floating in mid-air in a dark cave. You can spin it and tumble it, move it closer and further away, even look at it from inside. The Life is an ever-changing collection of bright yellow cells on its surface. Using an odd control box, you can create them in a variety of forms. You can even draw them directly on the donut using the mouse.