Original Description:
Each cell in this cellular automata looks at all eight of it's immediate neighbours to see how many are alive or dead. The levels of over crowding or loneliness that it can endure and how many neighbours it needs to be born depend on the rules in the top right corner. Try changing them! Requires Shockwave 8, speakers or headphones, at least 600x800 resolution and at least a 400mhz processor.
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*you can use the space bar to toggle play/pause
Humankind's recent discovery of the World Wide Web has entailed a concomitant investigation of its fauna, and the birth of a new field, online zoology. SINGLECELL is a monthly bestiary of these newfound species: a collection of online life-forms discovered and reared by a diverse group of computational artists and designers. see also Doublecell.