ndr3www / game-of-life

Simple implementation of John Conway's cellular automaton with wraparound topology and fancy animations

Installation

Linux

Download the Linux package from latest release, unzip and install following dependencies through your distribution's package manager:

• SDL2
• SDL2_gfx
• SDL2_ttf

Windows

Just download the Windows package from latest release, unzip and you're good to go!

Building from source

git clone https://github.com/ndr3www/game-of-life
cd game-of-life
mkdir build
cd build

Natively

cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
make

With MinGW-w64 toolchain

cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../cmake/mingw.cmake ..
make

Note: The path to MinGW environment and the name of the compiler in mingw.cmake may differ on your system, so make sure to change them accordingly, if that's the case

Usage

• Control the speed of simulation with arrow keys: Left - slow down, Right - speed up
• Change specific cell(s) state by point-and-click: Left button - alive, Others - dead
• Enable/disable auxiliary grid with E
• Pause/unpause by clicking P
• Clear the board from alive cells with C
• Restart the entire simulation by hitting R
• You can exit the application with Escape