jankrepl / gameoflife

Minimal python implementation of Game of Life using PyGame for visualization

Game of Life using PyGame

Minimal python implementation of Game of Life using PyGame for visualization.

Demo

Usage

1. Clone

git clone https://github.com/jankrepl/gameoflife.git
cd gameoflife

2. Create virtual environment

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

3. Install via setup.py

pip install .

4. Run via CLI

gol

See below optional arguments

usage: gol [-h] [--width WIDTH] [--height HEIGHT] [--perc PERC]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
  --width WIDTH    Number of cell columns (default: 75)
  --height HEIGHT  Number of cell rows (default: 50)
  --perc PERC      Percentage of cells that are alive at initialization
                   (default: 33)

Controls

• ⎋ Escape — Exit
• r — Restart
• Space — Pause
• s — Single step (only active in Pause mode)

TODO

• Better behavior around the borders (currently weird)

References

• Conway's Game of Life (wiki)
• Python implementation using matplotlib animations