Game Of Life

A simple recreation of Conway's Game of Life using C++ and SFML.

Features

• User input or Pseudorandom board generation, and thresholds.
• Speed adjustment.
• Pause/Unpause.
• Randomized Colors.

Installation Dependencies

Debian / Ubuntu / Linux Mint

apt-get install g++ cmake make git libsfml-dev

Cloning the Repository & Compiling

Enter the following in a commandline:

git clone https://github.com/kbHoward2/GameOfLife.git

cd GameOfLife

mkdir build

cd build

cmake ..

make

Execution (Linux)

Type the following into a commandline to execute a pseudorandom board: ./GameOfLife

Additionally, it's also possible to generate the board with a seed, by specifying a floating point threshold value (0.0, 1.0), then a seed floating point value. The command below generates an board with the threshold value of 40%, and a seed of 11127.

./GameOfLife 0.40 11127

Settings

Run the program once to generate the config.txt file. Here you can make changes to the window width, height, seed, and the threshold of cells.

Controls

[Mouse Left] - Add/Delete Cell.

[Up Arrow] - Speed up generation (Tap or Hold).

[Down Arrow] - Slow down generation ( Tap or Hold).

[Spacebar] - Pause/Unpause.

[N] - New Board & Color Generation.

[G] - Toggle Grid.

[C] - Clear Screen.

Planned Features

• Refactor application loop.
• Pause/Unpause & reset board.
• Accelerate/Decelerate tick rate.
• Colors.
• Left click adds/kills cells.
• Implement Grid.
• Implement blank boards for user input.
• Text Configuration File.
• Windows Build.
• Infinte Grid.
• Zoom.
• Loop Mode.