Conway's game of life

I wanted to play around a little bit with GOL in golang and here's the result. It's a simple game using ebitengine.

Build and install

Just execute: go build . and use the resulting executable.

You'll need the golang toolchain.

Usage

The game has a couple of commandline options:

Usage of ./gameoflife:
  -c, --cellsize int     cell size in pixels (default 8)
  -d, --debug            show debug info
  -D, --density int      density of random cells (default 10)
  -e, --empty            start with an empty screen
  -H, --height int       grid height in cells (default 40)
  -i, --invert           invert colors (dead cell: black)
  -n, --nogrid           do not draw grid lines
  -p, --paused           do not start simulation (use space to start)
  -r, --rule string      game rule (default "B3/S23")
  -s, --show-evolution   show evolution tracks
  -t, --tps int          game speed in ticks per second (default 60)
  -v, --version          show version
  -W, --width int        grid width in cells (default 40)

While it runs, there are a couple of commands you can use:

• left mouse click: set a cell to alife
• right mouse click: set a cell to dead
• space: pause or resume the game
• while game is paused: press n to forward one step
• q: quit
• up arrow: speed up
• down arrow: slow down
• page up: speed up more
• page down: slow down more

Report bugs

Please open an issue. Thanks!

License

This work is licensed under the terms of the General Public Licens version 3.

Author

Copyleft (c) 2024 Thomas von Dein