Just a reupload of the pastebin as it is not anylonger available over there http://pastebin.com/Mw8anZGr

Original Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5DUoCiq6Ag

-- # CC-Game-of-Life

-- ComputerCraft Game of Life -- For 8x5 advanced monitor -- By Numerical (youtube/jreflex93)

w = 41 h = 33

grid = {} for ih = 1, h do grid[ih] = {} for iw = 1, w do rand = math.random(0, 99) if(rand < 10) then grid[ih][iw] = true else grid[ih][iw] = false end end end gridNext = {} for ih = 1, h do gridNext[ih] = {} for iw = 1, w do gridNext[ih][iw] = false end end

function printGrid() term.clear() for ih = 1, h do for iw = 1, w do term.setCursorPos((iw+iw-1), ih) if(grid[ih][iw]) then term.setTextColor(colors.lime) else term.setTextColor(colors.black) end term.write("@ ") end end end

function calcNext() for ih = 1, h do for iw = 1, w do n = 0 if(iw~=w and grid[ih][iw+1]) then n = n + 1 end -- right if(iw~=1 and grid[ih][iw-1]) then n = n + 1 end -- left if(ih~=h and grid[ih+1][iw]) then n = n + 1 end -- down if(ih~=1 and grid[ih-1][iw]) then n = n + 1 end -- up if(ih~=1 and iw~=1 and grid[ih-1][iw-1]) then n = n + 1 end -- up left if(ih~=1 and iw~=w and grid[ih-1][iw+1]) then n = n + 1 end -- up right if(ih~=h and iw~=1 and grid[ih+1][iw-1]) then n = n + 1 end -- down left if(ih~=h and iw~=w and grid[ih+1][iw+1]) then n = n + 1 end -- down right if(n == 3 or (n == 2 and grid[ih][iw])) then gridNext[ih][iw] = true else gridNext[ih][iw] = false end end end end

function setNext() for ih = 1, h do for iw = 1, w do grid[ih][iw] = gridNext[ih][iw] end end end

term.clear() term.setCursorPos(35,31) term.setTextColor(colors.yellow) term.setBackgroundColor(colors.black) sleep(0.5) term.write("3... ") sleep(1) term.write("2... ") sleep(1) term.write("1... ") sleep(1)

while(true) do calcNext() setNext() printGrid() sleep(0.1) end