GPULife

Conway’s Game of Life, running on your Mac’s GPU.

Download for Mac

Free · macOS 12+ · Apple Silicon & Intel · 51 KB ZIP

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GPULife’s colorful cells forming clusters across a black screen.

Install

  1. Unzip the download.
  2. Open GPULife.saver inside the folder to install.
  3. Choose GPULife in System Settings → Screen Saver (under Wallpaper on newer macOS versions).

Originally created by Mike Ash. This update to his GPULife screen saver keeps John Conway’s Game of Life running on modern Macs. Updated by Leyan Lo.