Life, unfolding.

Each slice is a recorded generation. The studio can project cell age and neighbor crowding as fourth and fifth coordinates and inspect an earlier part of history without stopping the live simulation. Time is the default view. Press Play to grow the sculpture and begin a cinematic orbit. Stop orbit, pause playback, or use manual camera controls to end automatic motion. Choose Flat to return to the board. Shift-drag pans. Threads connect uninterrupted life at the same cell position. The Orbit button slowly turns the camera; manual camera controls stop it. Drag to orbit. Arrow keys rotate and tilt the view. Plus and minus zoom. Zero resets the camera. Space plays or pauses. Choose the Flat or Cells lens to see the board.

Board editor. Arrow keys move the cell cursor; hold Shift to move ten cells. Home and End move to the first and last column. Space or Enter applies the selected pattern or drawing tool. Delete erases. Press Q or E to rotate a selected pattern, Escape to deselect it, and 1, 2, or 3 to choose Point, Draw, or Erase. Clear or reset the board before editing after a run starts.