Game of Life

Conway's game of life implemented in ncurses

Instructions

To run

hanoi [-c color] [-f file]

Arguments

• -c COLOR

  Make cells use specified color

• -s SPEED

  Starting speed. Integer from 0-10

• -f FILE

  Use a text file as a starting state. Text file should be formatted as a rectangle of 1s and 0s with 1s representing a live cell e.g.

  1111111111
  1000000001
  1011111101
  1010000101
  1010110101
  1010110101
  1010000101
  1011111101
  1000000001
  1111111111

Controls

• Pause/Unpause - "return"
• Slow Simulation Speed - "-"
• Increase Simulation Speed - "="

While paused

• Toggle cell - "space or click"
• Move Cursor - "h,j,k,l"
• Step one generation - "s"
• Export current state to file - "e"

Screenshot