README.md

Game Of Life

A PyGame version of Conway's Game of Life

Installation

Needs Python >= 3.8

Create a virtual environment

$ python -m venv .venv
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the game

python src/game.py

Configuration

Mostly self explanatory. Just modify the Config object in src/game.py

• seed: can be used to always execute the same scenario
• alive_cells_at_start: defines how many cells will be alive after the Big Bang
• rules: Rules of the game. More alternatives can be found at https://catagolue.appspot.com/rules. Supports B/S format. The original GoL is B3S23

Key bindings

• R restarts the game
• S start/stop the game
• = increase the maximum fps
• - decrease the maximum fps
• ESC close the game

TODO

• Add predefined patterns
• Toggle cells with the mouse
• Use numpy/scipy