I was inspired by the challenge Coding Train Challenge "#85 — The Game of Life" of Daniel Shiffman.

Every turn, cells live, die, or are "born" based on these rules:

• Any live cell with fewer than two live neighbors dies, as if by underpopulation.
• Any live cell with two or three live neighbors lives on to the next generation.
• Any live cell with more than three live neighbors dies, as if by overpopulation.
• Any dead cell with exactly three live neighbors becomes a live cell, as if by reproduction. Remark: cells of the same color are of the same generation

You can read more in this Wikipedia page about Conway's Game of Life.

A playable version of the game is available here