ziminer / game-of-life

A simple game with a simple name.

Game of Life

Simple implementation of Conway's Game of Life.

Install and Run (tested with MacOSX):

• Install SFML
• git clone https://://github.com/ziminer/game-of-life.git
• make
• ./game-of-life

Controls:

Simulation:

• + to speed up the simulation.
• = to slow down the simulation.
• r to reset to initial configuration.

Navigation:

• Arrow keys to move.
• Right click a cell to centre the screen on the cell.
• g + two numbers with a space inbetween + ENTER to centre the screen on a coordinate.
• j + two numbers with a space inbetween + ENTER to jump to the nearest neighbour to a coordinate.
• j + ENTER to jump to nearest neighbour.
• z to zoom in.
• x to zoom out.

Build:

• SPACE to pause and go into build mode.
• Left click on a cell to activate/deactivate it.
• ESC to discard all changes.

Build - Patterns:

• In build mode, TAB to cycle through the available cell patterns.
• Drag mouse to move pattern around.
• e to rotate pattern.
• Left click to activate/deactivate.
• Press p to begin recording a pattern. p when done, or ESC to drop. This pattern will also become available via TAB.
• ESC to discard pattern.

Known Issues:

• Clicking on cells can be buggy - some cells hard to access.