amiantos/lifesaver

Conway's Game of Life implemented as an artistic, abstract macOS screensaver and tvOS app using SpriteKit

242

stars

133

commits

Swift

primary language

May 4, 2026

updated

discuss.bradroot.me/tags/c/projects/13/life-saver/7

abstract

art

artificial-life

conway

conway-game

conways-game-of-life

gamekit

game-of-life

gameoflife

macos

screensaver

spritekit

tvos

visualization

README

Life Saver

Life Saver is an abstract, artistic implementation of Conway's Game of Life built with SpriteKit. With a variety of settings and color schemes, Life Saver should satisfy designers and geeks alike. Comes in two flavors: a macOS screensaver, and an Apple TV app.

🖥 Screensaver

📼 Watch a YouTube video to see it in action.

Life Saver Screensaver

👉 Download Life Saver v1.2 for macOS

📺 Apple TV

Life Saver tvOS Main menu Life Saver tvOS Preset menu

👉 Get Life Saver TV on the App Store

Community

For devlogs, discussion, and support, visit the Life Saver forum.

To Install from Source

git clone https://github.com/amiantos/lifesaver.git
Open Life Saver.xcodeproj
Pick a target and run!

Contributors

132 commits

1 commits

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amiantos/lifesaver

Conway's Game of Life implemented as an artistic, abstract macOS screensaver and tvOS app using SpriteKit

242

stars

133

commits

Swift

primary language

May 4, 2026

updated

discuss.bradroot.me/tags/c/projects/13/life-saver/7

abstract

art

artificial-life

conway

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conways-game-of-life

gamekit

game-of-life

gameoflife

macos

screensaver

spritekit

tvos

visualization

README

Life Saver

Life Saver is an abstract, artistic implementation of Conway's Game of Life built with SpriteKit. With a variety of settings and color schemes, Life Saver should satisfy designers and geeks alike. Comes in two flavors: a macOS screensaver, and an Apple TV app.

🖥 Screensaver

📼 Watch a YouTube video to see it in action.

Life Saver Screensaver

👉 Download Life Saver v1.2 for macOS

📺 Apple TV

Life Saver tvOS Main menu Life Saver tvOS Preset menu

👉 Get Life Saver TV on the App Store

Community

For devlogs, discussion, and support, visit the Life Saver forum.

To Install from Source

git clone https://github.com/amiantos/lifesaver.git
Open Life Saver.xcodeproj
Pick a target and run!

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Contributors

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Swift

99.4%