snowc0de / gameoflife

An implementation of Conway's Game of Life, with an interactive viewer and super-linear performance.

The Game Of Life

Rendering engine for watching Life patterns evolve, created with Python 2.6 and PyGame.

• Implements the HashLife algorithm, so patterns can be viewed at super-linear speeds with moderate requirements.
• Can load basic .lif and .cells files, for easy use.

Dependencies

• Python 2 (2.6 or 2.7)
• Pygame (pip install pygame)

Installation

1. Run the following commands :

sudo git clone https://github.com/EricBurnett/GameOfLife.git
cd GameOfLife
python2.6 life.py

Controls

Up/Down/Left/Right: Pan the viewport

+/-: Speed up or slow down the rate of evolution

PageDown/PageUp: Zoom in/out

Credits

Game of Life, copyright Eric Burnett, 2011.

All code available under the LGPL (or most other licenses you might want).

Contact me if you need me to stuff on appropriate headers.