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diff --git a/games/golly/README b/games/golly/README index 7b3c2d8fc7..95c8f3a1e1 100644 --- a/games/golly/README +++ b/games/golly/README @@ -1,19 +1,21 @@ -Golly is an open source, cross-platform application for +golly (Game of Life simulator) + +Golly is an open source, cross-platform application for exploring Conway's Game of Life and other cellular automata. Golly's key features: -- Supports bounded and unbounded universes, with cells of +- Supports bounded and unbounded universes, with cells of up to 256 states. -- Supports multiple algorithms, including Bill Gosper's +- Supports multiple algorithms, including Bill Gosper's super fast hashlife algorithm. -- Many different types of CA are included: John von Neumann's - 29-state CA, Wolfram's 1D rules, WireWorld, Generations, +- Many different types of CA are included: John von Neumann's + 29-state CA, Wolfram's 1D rules, WireWorld, Generations, Langton's Loops, Paterson's Worms, etc. -- The RuleTable and RuleTree algorithms let you plug in new +- The RuleTable and RuleTree algorithms let you plug in new rules. - Responsive even while generating or garbage collecting. -- Reads RLE, macrocell, Life 1.05/1.06, dblife, and MCell +- Reads RLE, macrocell, Life 1.05/1.06, dblife, and MCell files. - Can also read common graphic formats: BMP, PNG, GIF, TIFF. - Can extract patterns, rules and scripts from zip files. @@ -26,4 +28,4 @@ Golly's key features: - Full screen option (no menu/status/tool/scroll bars). - Supports multiple layers, including cloned layers. - HTML-based help with an integrated Life Lexicon. -- Scriptable via Perl or Python. +- Scriptable via Perl or Python. |