const cellSize = 2;

let currentRow = 0;

​

function setup() {

  createCanvas(400, 400);

  background('black');

  // const numCells = width / cellSize;

  // for (let i = 0; i < numCells; i++) {

  //   cells[i] = 0;

  // }

  // cells[round(numCells / 2)] = 1;

  // lets make the starting on cells random

  const numCells = width / cellSize;

  for (let i = 0; i < numCells; i++) {

    cells[i] = random([0, 1]);

  }

}

​

function draw() {

  fill('white');

  noStroke();

  // translate(0, currentRow * cellSize);

  currentRow++;

  for (let i = 0; i < cells.length; i++) {

    if (cells[i] == 0) {

      fill('black');

    } else {

      fill('white');

    }

    // rect(i * cellSize, 0, cellSize, cellSize);

    if (i * cellSize > currentRow * cellSize) {

      rect(i * cellSize, currentRow * cellSize, cellSize, cellSize);

    }

    // rect(i * cellSize, height - currentRow * cellSize, cellSize, cellSize);

  }

  let newCells = [];

  for (let i = 0; i < cells.length; i++) {

    const left = cells[i - 1] ?? 0;

    const middle = cells[i];

    const right = cells[i + 1] ?? 0;

    const sum = left + middle + right;

    if (sum == 1) {

      newCells[i] = 1;

    } else {

      newCells[i] = 0;

    }

  }

  cells = newCells;

  if (currentRow * cellSize >= 0.5 * height) {

    noLoop();

  }

}

​

​