Redstone Masterclass: How I made the FASTEST Conway's Game of Life in Vanilla Minecraft

I explain the redstone techniques I used to make the fastest Conway's Game of Life in Minecraft using just redstone (no commands or mods).

Features
0-Tick T Flip-Flops
Comparator Priming
Parallel Processing
Wireless Cell Toggles
Plus a surprise hidden feature!

Created in Minecraft Java edition v1.20.2.

Timestamps
00:00 – Prelude
00:46 – Intro
02:45 – What is Conway's Game of Life?
04:15 – Single cell in redstone
04:42 – Gosper Glider Gun
04:54 – Progression chart
06:13 – v0.0 Basic explanation
06:33 – v0.1 Living neighbor counts
08:35 – v0.2 Birth/death circuits
11:04 – v0.3 Alternator circuit
11:38 – v0.4 Clock gate
13:09 – v0.5 Cell state change/display
14:53 – v0.6 State change updates
15:38 – v1: First working prototype
19:06 – v2: Initial speed improvements
20:36 – v3: Compact birth/death circuits
22:51 – v4.1: 0-tick state change
29:13 – v4.2 Instant wire changes
31:25 – v4.3: Note block cell toggle
32:35 – v5: Comparator priming
37:50 – v6: Parallel processing
40:46 – v7: 0-tick t flip-flops revisited
42:17 – v8: Not covered here (see below)
42:41 – v9: Final design
45:06 – v8.1 Wireless cell toggle
48:48 – v8.2 Secret feature [SPOILER!!!]
52:28 – Finale
54:34 – Wrap up

Correction
37:14 – The death circuit has a repeater AND a torch leading into the primed comparator

References
Instant t flip-flop by Nguyễn Nam:    • My 0 tick instant T-flip-flop  
Instant wire by Abacus (no link available) and also independently discovered by RubixTheSlime and featured here:    • [Java] Very Simple Instant Wire  
Instant wire by Kahyxen:    • Robust Instant Wire | Minecraft  
Instant repeater by Sidney600MC:    • Smallest Dual-Edge Instant Repeater -...  
Hopper clock by TitiSurMinecraft:    • Minecraft Tutorial - Silent Hopper Timer  
Comparator priming videos:
ilmango:    • Instant Comparator Line  
vinesthemonkey:    • Comparator Priming - Instant Redstone...  

Mods
Carpet
Fabric
Iris
Litematica
Lithium
Minihud
Replay
Sodium
Starlight
Tweakeroo

Resource Pack: Redstone Tweaks by RexxStone*
   / rexxstone  
   • Redstone Tweaks 2.0 | Minecraft Redst...  
Modified by me to hide note block pitch when unpowered

Minecraft Video Settings
Simulation distance:
42x36 cell board: 17 chunks to load from anywhere on it; 15 if staying on the control platform
24x24 cell board: 11 chunks
Chunk Update Threads: 10 threads – helps render lamp changes (hardware-dependent)
Always Defer Chunk Updates: False – helps render lamp changes
Mipmap Levels: 4
Use Block Face Culling: True
Use Fog Occlusion: True
Animate Only Visible Textures: True

World Download
Strongly suggested:
mods: FabricAPI, Lithium, Sodium, and Starlight
video settings (see above)
8GB+ RAM allocated to Minecraft (16GB+ total RAM)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s2aK...

Schematics
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PIX2...

Music
Virtual Roaming Charges by half.cool:    / @halfcoolmusic  
Dance of The Gypsies by Hanu Dixit:    / @hanudixit  

Photo
John Conway photo by Thane Plambeck
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

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