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| {{Quote|These are the rules of a game. Let it be played upon an infinite two-dimensional grid of flowers.<br>Rule One. A living flower with less than two living neighbors is cut off. It dies.<br>Rule Two. A living flower with two or three living neighbors is connected. It lives.<br>Rule Three. A living flower with more than three living neighbors is starved and overcrowded. It dies.<br>Rule Four. A dead flower with exactly three living neighbors is reborn. It springs back to life.<br>The only play permitted in the game is the arrangement of the initial flowers.|The [[Darkness]]}}<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Unveiling]]: [[Lore:Unveiling#The_Flower_Game|The Flower Game]]''</ref>
| | The "'''flower game'''" is a metaphor used to describe the simulated realities the [[Light]] and [[Darkness]] created together in the primordial "[[garden]]" that preceded the universe. It is described by the [[Darkness]] as a version of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life Conway's Game of Life], acted out using flowers that opened and closed to represent shaded and empty squares, respectively. |
| The "'''flower game'''" is a metaphor used to describe the simulated realities the [[Light]] and [[Darkness]] created together in the primordial "[[garden]]" that preceded the universe. It is described by the [[Darkness]] as a version of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life Conway's Game of Life], acted out using flowers that opened and closed to represent shaded and empty squares, respectively. In actuality, the game was vastly more complicated than this allegorical description, being able to describe entire universes (Although it should be noted that Conway's Game of Life is itself [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_completeness Turing Complete], and advanced simulation is possible within the confines of its ruleset). | |
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| As the Light and Darkness played the flower game, a particular self-sustaining pattern would always emerge which ended up dominating the entire game. The Darkness found this to be a pleasing outcome, but the Light was irritated by it, desiring that the game produce endless novel patterns instead. In order to achieve their desired result, the Light made itself into a new rule within the game that would promote diversity and complexity; the Darkness did the same, becoming a rule that enforced simplicity.
| | In actuality, the game was vastly more complicated than this allegorical description, being able to describe entire universes. |
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| As the Light and Darkness fought with one another, the patterns that had previously dominated their games escaped into the nascent universe, where they eventually became the [[Vex]].
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