LifeGoesOn 3D brings Conway’s Game of Life into the third dimension on your Mac. Seed cells layer by layer, tweak colorful birth & survival rules, run/step and watch!
LifeGoesOn 3D brings Conway’s Game of Life into the third dimension on your Mac. Seed cells layer by layer, tweak colorful birth & survival rules, and watch intricate 3D automata unfold before your eyes.
Key Features
Fully 3D Cellular Automaton:– Place live cells on an X × Y × Z grid and watch generations evolve in three dimensions.– Enjoy wireframe or filled‐cell views, with live cells rendered in Red, Blue, or Yellow.
Flexible Seeding & Color Rules:– Seed any Z‑slice via an intuitive 2D grid picker. Choose Red or Blue “parent” cells; cells born from a single‑color neighborhood keep that color, while mixed neighborhoods turn Yellow.– Support for custom birth/survival rules so you can experiment beyond the classic B3/S23.
Toroidal (Wrap‑Edges) & Fixed Boundary Modes:– Toggle between infinite wrap‑around (cells exiting one face reappear on the opposite) or a fixed border.– Classic glider‐in‐3D examples come alive in toroidal mode.
Built‑In Patterns Library + RLE Import/Export:– Kickstart your simulations with built‑in 3D motifs—Blocks, Gliders, Pulsars, Boats, Tubs, and more.– Save your own creations as named “Pattern 3D” snapshots.– Import standard RLE files (2D) and center them in a 3D grid of your chosen size.– Export any live Z‑slice as an RLE (plain text), ready for sharing.
Adjustable Grid & Rules on the Fly:– Change XY dimensions and stack height in Options. If your current pattern will survive the new size, it stays intact—otherwise you’ll be prompted before clearing.– Step through generations manually or run continuously with an adjustable interval slider.– Pause automatically when a pattern reaches a steady state or goes extinct.
Orthographic & Perspective Cameras:– Smaller grids (≤ 35 × 35) use a perspective camera for an immersive view.– Larger grids switch to an isometric orthographic projection so even huge 3D worlds look clean and unwarped.
Video Recording & Sharing:– Start/stop screen recording directly from the menu bar.– After stopping, share your timelapse—complete with a custom message and App Store link—via standard macOS share sheet.
Crop & Resize Selection:– In Seeding mode, select a rectangular region to crop across all layers. Create a smaller grid out of a larger pattern in one click.
Save & Organize User Patterns:– Store custom patterns in Application Support—and they persist between sessions.– Browse, rename, or delete saved “Pattern 3D” files using a native sidebar interface.
Dark & Light Mode Support:– Full compatibility with macOS appearance settings, including high‑DPI Retina and Metal rendering for smooth 3D performance.
Why You’ll Love It
If you’ve ever been captivated by the emergent complexity of Conway’s Game of Life, this is your chance to explore those dynamics in 3D. Design multi‑layered patterns, watch gliders traverse a torus, or craft your own colored 3D worlds. Whether you’re a hobbyist, educator, or just love beautiful simulations, LifeGoesOn 3D empowers you to create, observe, and share astonishing 3D cellular automata right on your Mac.
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New/improved floating photo frame. Randomly display your photos.
Enables you to enjoy your own photo collection and surprise yourself with memories!
Choose frame size, or drag corner for arbitrary size.
Displays photos at constant window height that you chose, adjusts width depending on actual photo size.
Choose slideshow refresh time.
Choose photo directory when app first comes up (can be a directory of directories).
Can change choice of photo directory at any time.
Buttons to open current photo in Preview and Share, using Mac standard share dialog.
Can “Pause” photo refresh and the name and path of the current photo is shown.
Can “<” go back 1 to the previous photo.
Simple to move floating frame to any location on the screen with mouse or touchpad.
Works on version 16.4 and above of Mac OS X.
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Desktop floating photo frame. Randomly display photos from
Enables you to enjoy your own photo collection and surprise yourself with memories!
Choose frame size.
Choose refresh time.
Choose base photo directory when app first comes up.
Can change choice of photo directory at any time thru “Settings”
Can also set app to Autorun at Login, for your convenience.
Can “Pause” photo refresh and the name and path of the current photo is shown.
Can “<” go back 1 to the previous photo.
Simple to move floating frame to any location on the screen with mouse or touchpad.
