Conway’s Arcade Reinterprets Vintage Arcade Games Through Automata

Conway’s Arcade is an interactive installation developed by SpecialGuestx and unveiled at NeurIPS 2025, commissioned by Google, that translates Conway’s Game of Life into a physical, playable arcade. The aluminum, modular cabinet fabricated by 6punyales uses cellular automata and Gemini 3.0 to generate adaptive rule sets, recomposing familiar formats like Space Invaders and Breakout into open-ended, never-repeating game sessions. It emphasizes design-driven computation and exhibition mobility.