Golly

Golly

For exploring Conway's Game of Life and many other types of cellular automata.

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Golly
Golly 1.5 APK
January 29, 2025 7.04 MB

Requires Android: Android 5.0+

Architecture: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

Screen DPI: 160-480dpi

SHA1: c1a9c683968942efb7a157a428757bdfbab61218

Size: 7.04 MB

What's New:

Fixed problem with hidden tool bars on devices using Android 15.
Golly
Golly 1.4 APK
August 19, 2024 7.04 MB

Requires Android: Android 5.0+

Architecture: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

Screen DPI: 160-480dpi

SHA1: aaf850451897ba28e76445a56c82bd2865f0da4e

Size: 7.04 MB

What's New:

Two-finger pinching can be used to change the font size in the Open/Help/Rule screens.
Fixed a problem with the Open screen's font size being too large on small devices.
Fixed an error that prevented Rule info from being displayed.
Fixed a bug that could prevent pasting into a bounded grid.
Most links in Help > Online Archives and References should now work (some will fail if using Android 7 or older).
Supplied patterns no longer include .lua/zip/rle3 files.
Golly
Golly 1.3 APK
May 24, 2024 7.3 MB

Requires Android: Android 5.0+

Architecture: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

Screen DPI: 160-480dpi

SHA1: faecd091b7f2bd673bbf600281231cedb056f356

Size: 7.3 MB

What's New:

Added a new Super algorithm.
The Larger than Life algorithm now supports HROT rules, B0 emulation, and many new neighborhoods.
Fixed a number of bugs.
Lots of new patterns.
Golly
Golly 1.2 APK
October 13, 2018 5.3 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0+

Architecture: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

Screen DPI: 160-480dpi

SHA1: 02782c46cab6f479611f5e5685bbf943d4463748

Size: 5.3 MB

What's New:

Added the Larger than Life algorithm.
Added support for non-totalistic rules.
Fixed various bugs.
See Help -> Changes for more details.
Golly
Golly 1.1 APK
August 16, 2015 4.15 MB

Requires Android: Android 3.0+

Architecture: armeabi, armeabi-v7a, mips, x86

Screen DPI: 120-480dpi

SHA1: da7e34dfe5e5ccfc26cdc78769f5152302e1c674

Size: 4.15 MB

What's New:

Fixed various bugs that could cause Golly to crash.
Increased the size of text in the Open screen.