Cellular Automaton: Lenia

This Python project is an implementation and exploration of a continuous version of Conway's Game of Life inspired by ScienceEtonnante's video. It is based on Lenia, a continuous cellular automaton originally developed by Bert Wang-Chak Chan. Lenia is a continuous generalization of the Game Of Life with continuous states, space and time.

Inspiration and References

• ScienceEtonnante's Video
• ScienceEtonnante's GitHub Repo
• Lenia GitHub Repo
• Lenia Portal

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/timothja/GameOfLife_Lenia
   cd GameOfLife_Lenia

2. Install the required packages:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Run the main script to execute the cellular automaton simulation:

cd src
python3 Lenia.py

What you should get

Growth function and kernel used:

End result after 280 generations starting from a random state:

You can get some interesting behaviour like this orbium:

orbium.mp4