Inspired by Soulwire's on chaos theory I have created this automata.

The purpose is to explore how complex can grow a system based on basic rules. This system is based on 5 simple statements:

1. Each cell can be empty (gray), born (yellow), alive (magenta) or dead (cyan).

2. Lonliness: if less than 2 neighbours are alive, the cell dies.

3. Asphixia: if more than 3 neighbours are alive, the cell dies.

4. Inhertia: if a living cell has 2 or 3 living neighbours it continues to live.

5. Love: if an empty cell has 3 living neighbours it comes to life.

Built using ActionScript.