Game (Boy) of Life
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About this game
Game (Boy) of Life is a 2024 Game Boy simulation game by StudioGuma.
Game Boy port of John Conway's famous cellular automaton, the Game of Life. Includes custom graphics, music, and sound effects. Board is 20x18 cells and wraps around. For the unitiated, at each time step: A living cell dies if it has fewer than 2 or more than 3 living neighbors.A dead cell comes to life if it has exactly 3 living neighbors.
Browser controls: WASD / Arrow keys move cursor; Period / X set or clear cell; Comma / Z toggle auto mode; Enter reset board.
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Quick tips
Board is 20x18 cells and wraps around.
Use Comma / Z to toggle auto mode.
Use Enter to reset board.
Use WASD / Arrow keys to move cursor.
- WASD / Arrow keys
- move cursor
- Period / X
- set or clear cell
- Comma / Z
- toggle auto mode
- Enter
- reset board
- D-pad
- move cursor
- A
- set or clear cell
- B
- toggle auto mode
- Start
- reset board
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Rights and Source Notes
The official creator page and source repository identify the downloadable cartridge, GPL-3.0-or-later code, and CC BY-SA 4.0 assets. The staged cartridge matches the structured Homebrew Hub build by SHA-256. Required attribution: Game (Boy) of Life by Studio Guma; source code licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later and assets under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Distribution
- GPL-3.0-or-later code / CC BY-SA 4.0 assets
- Browser player
- EmulatorJS · Browser play
- Archive review
- Reviewed 2026-07-23 · recheck by 2027-07-23
- Official references