Yep, the OTCA metacell was exactly what I was thinking of. We know that the game of life is Turing complete, so the only challenge is figuring out how to make t

Yep, the OTCA metacell was exactly what I was thinking of. We know that the game of life is Turing complete, so the only challenge is figuring out how to make the graphics look presentable when zoomed out. Someone must have just implemented a 2d graphics environment on top of game of life.