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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.