At the start, click anywhere on the grid to activate cells, once you're done with your patterns, press "s" to save and start the game.
This is a game created by a mathematician John Horton Conway. I recreated it in Scratch as a tribute to John Conway who unfortunately died from Covid-19 on April 11, 2020. You can read more about the rules and the game here: https://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/Conway's_Game_of_Life