Python Simulation Tutorial - Conway's Game of Life

Today, I am going to show you how to create the famous simulation known as "Conway's Game of Life", a cellular automation devised by John Horton Conway in 1970. We are going to build it in Python using Pygame in less than 1 hour!
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00:00 | Overview
01:34 | Taipy
02:37 | Rules Visuals
03:34 | Pygame Install
04:10 | Constants and Setup
06:50 | Writing the Main Loop
09:36 | Drawing The Grid
19:26 | Adding Cells
22:12 | Handling Other Keypresses
26:59 | Updating The Grid
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[@StreakyFly]

I was waiting for you to make Conway's game of life and finally, here it is. Great video! :D

[@bp-ob8ic]

Conway's Game of Life has always fascinated me.
Gonna work through this in the morning. Thanks for this tutorial.
I was able to follow the logic, and it mostly matched the pseudo code I had blocked out. Now I just have to learn more pygame.

[@user-ts9ks8in2n]

What a concept!
I had been breaking my head to understand the concept & this happens finally. Thank you Tim

[@NicolasFleury-ww5ut]

It is working perfectly well! Thank you Tim.
However, please note that on line 21 of the code, you should invert GRID_WIDTH and GRID_HEIGHT for correct random position generation, especially for different screen width and height.

[@void_presence]

fantastic, just the thing i was looking for: python implementation of Conway's Life with clickable nodes

[@eNit0x]

thank you for the tutorial works perfectly fine !

[@westudy9180]

i really like these kind of video please make more of these video i am looking forward for that thank you once again....👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻

[@vizionthing]

Outstanding Tim, loved this one.

[@TechWithTim]

Thank you!

[@ashirwadsingh6926]

amazing video keep up the good work

[@plinketharry7469]

this was great, cheers

[@paulthomas1052]

Very interesting - great code as usual. Thanks !

[@TechWithTim]

Glad you liked it!

[@BsktImp]

Didn't realise set() data structure and methods were so useful.

[@timeWaster76]

best coder vid's on youtube

[@beforeikillyou7430]

I did this in processing....was fun

[@pathapativarshitha1780]

Hii, really useful video... like always :)

[@gamerfisch5117]

great video 👍

[@programm_mister9692]

Thanks bro, otherwise I ran into a bunch of bugs when developing the game "life" on my game engine.

[@richardsifeanyi6766]

Thanks Tim

[@TechWithTim]

No problem :)

[@MrMysterious31]

Hi tim, I want to simulate how an object of certain pounds would react on the different planets with different gravity.. kindly make a video if possible.. regards:)

[@miichanshi]

can you make a tutorial on reflex or pynecone

[@Digital_Anime_Creator0709]

heloo sir can u create a digitmatch that can predict the last number randomly for example entry spot 12345 the last is 5 then the last exit result lexit spot
is 5 also can u make it this sir?

[@17crescent]

Great video. Slight correction as 39+1 can never be > 40 in your example grid. Plus added a wrap-around:
def get_neighbors(pos):
x, y = pos
neighbors = []
for dx in [-1, 0, 1]:
if x + dx < 0:
x += GRID_WIDTH
elif x + dx == GRID_WIDTH:
x -= GRID_WIDTH
for dy in [-1, 0, 1]:
if y + dy < 0:
y += GRID_HEIGHT
elif y + dy == GRID_HEIGHT:
y -= GRID_HEIGHT
if dx == 0 and dy == 0:
continue
neighbors.append((x + dx, y + dy))
return neighbors

[@decreezeogaming3600]

How Can i make simulation like Project jdm and math Floyd can you make a video or tell me where to start

[@foqsi_]

I had to recreate this in Java for school. Sucked. lol

[@AndroidGamer-lz2uh]

same lol what school u go to?

[@thiccbum3942]

Hey. I followed the tutorial and everything works until I try to run the simulation. I get the error "not enough values to unpack (expected 2, got 1)" at line 58 (x, y = pos in the get_neighbors function)
Any idea why this happens and how to fix it?

[@jerryedept2022]

Does anyone please have a version of this code with ezgraphics?

[@meim6028]

Hey Tim, can help help the community to create a product web app

[@Pramix]

Insaine!! how do you learn programming like this?? 🤯

[@SOLDAT_MENDES]

he practice, practice, practice. Programming is a skill that improves with hands-on experience. Start with the basics, like learning a programming language, understanding concepts, and solving small coding problems. Build projects, join coding communities, and never stop learning. It takes time and effort, but it's worth it.

[@mehtabsinghgiran6531]

first comment i think
😆😅

[@jeffreyepiscopo]

Why pygame instead of pygame-ce?

[@SOLDAT_MENDES]

pygame-ce is a community-driven fork of pygame that aims to continue development and address some of the issues in the original pygame. While pygame-ce offers some improvements, the choice between pygame and pygame-ce ultimately depends on your specific needs and preferences. Both libraries can be used to create games and multimedia applications in Python.

[@jeffreyepiscopo]

@@SOLDAT_MENDES is this chat gpt

[@nakulgaming2537]

Hello

[@TechWithTim]

Hey!

[@nakulgaming2537]

I was tried your all projects of python nd it really helped me very much❤️

[@no99mnecfw]

Please stop saying actually so much.

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I think ur the only one bothered