Conway's Game of Life in Terminal!

• play/pause

• 4 level speed adjustment.

• Saving curent pattern to a text file.

• Loading a patten from a text file.

• Live edit mode.

1. install git & c/c++ compiler

$ sudo apt install git build-essential

2. install ncurses

$ sudo apt install libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev

3. clone the repo

$ git clone https://github.com/saurabhsingh99100/game-of-life.git

4. cd to the cloned repo & compile the program using the povided shell script

$ cd game-of-life
$ ./compile.sh

Note: You may first need to make compile script executable, this can be done by:

$ chmod +x compile.sh

• play/pause at any time using the p key.

• quit at any time using q key or ctl+c.

• Use 1, 2, 3, 4 keys to adjust speed in an inceasing fashion.

• To save currently displayed pattern, press s key. Then enter a filename in the prompt that will appear on the top of the scrreen & press enter. (Use - key for backspace).

• To load a pattern from a file, invoke the program with filename as a command line argument. ex $ ./gol patterns/glider_gun.

• To edit the current pattern:

  • pause the simulation (using p key) & a cursor will appear (marked by symbol O).

  • You can move the cursor up, down, left, and right using i, k, j, l keys respectively.

  • To toggle the state of a cell (from alive to dead or vice-versa), move the cursor to that cell and use space key.

Have Fun!