BodneyC / game-of-life

Conway's Game of Life in C

Conway's Game of Life in C

I was after a tui implementation of Conway's Game of Life to keep me occupied while I should be working and decided I'd make one for the fun of it.

Installation

You'll need git, CMake, make, and the NCursesW library.

git clone https://github.com/BodneyC/game-of-life
cd game-of-life
cmake . && make
./bin/golc

Usage

Usage is based on key presses, mappings are as follows:

Key	Short for	Desc.
r	Run	Run the automaton
b	Backup	Save the state of the program (active cells)
R	Restore	Restore the screen to the state saved with b
i	Iterate	Perform a single, manual iteration
s	Speed	Reduce the interval rate, speed up
S	Slow	Increase the interval rate, slow down

Practical Usage

1. Click around on the screen, highlight some cells
2. Hit r and see it move about a bit