Create a pattern that lives and grows to exhibit life-like complexity. You can draw an initial sprinkling of life with your finger, and watch it evolve over time as it changes and adapts to the conditions it experiences. Will your pattern grow and thrive, freeze into a dormant state, or dwindle and die off?

The game seems superficially simple, but the principles have intrigued mathematicians for decades with their complexity.

The classic rules allow life to continue when it is "just right" in terms of crowding, but die off when it is too crowded or too alone.