qnkhuat / lifeterm

Conway game of life editor on terminal

LifeTerm

Game of life editor right on your terminal because why not? 🤷

I use the hashlife algorithm to represent the universe and update cells.

How to

RUN

The grid is based on the screen size of your terminal, so make sure you larger your screen before run

Build

make lifeterm

Run

Init an empty world

./lifeterm.o

Lifeterm is currently support to load pattern in Macrocell(.mc) format. Just type:

./lifeterm.o {path}

Keymap

Key	Description
w, a, s, d	Game style: move one step
W, A, S, D	Game style: move 10 steps
h, j, k, l	Vim style: move one step
H, J, K, L	Vim style: move one step
Arrows	Move one step
x, space	Spawn/Kill a cell
u, n	Next generation
r, R	Refresh
q	Quit
i/I	Increase/Decrease Step size by factor of 2

Todo

• Infinite grid / Dynamic size grid
• Load patter
• Save pattern