Yet another implemantation of Conway's Game of Life cellular automaton. With C++17 and the great SFML library.
This program will compile on any machine running Linux, MacOS or Windows with the SFML library version 2.4.2 or higher installed, and a C++17 compiler. You need to link against the C++ standard filesystem library.
For instance, you can obtain a release build with GCC 8.1 and the following command line, from the project root folder :
g++ ./**/*.cpp -std=c++17 -O3 -I. -I./classes -o./build/automaton -lstdc++fs -lsfml-graphics -lsfml-window -lsfml-systemAdd -I/path/to/SFML/includes and -L/path/to/SFML/libraries if needed.
The program is divided in two modes : the editing and the simulation mode. It starts in editing mode, in which you can draw live cells or erase them with the mouse. Then, on a press on the return key, the simulation starts, until you press this key again. You cannot draw in simulation mode.
- Left click on cells to toggle their state in drawing mode.
- Right click in drawing mode to select and delete multiple cells.
- Mouse Wheel or PageUp/PageDown to Zoom in and out.
- '+' and '−' key to speed up / slow down the simulation.
- Return to switch from drawing to simulation mode.
- Escape for the quit menu.
- Z to set back the default zoom level.
- C to go back to the center of the grid.
- B to go back in time (drawing mode).
- F to manually go forward (drawing mode).
This program needs refactoring and the addition of numerous features like a proper UI, app states, messaging system between classes, and some other cool stuff. The primary goal was to obtain a working "Game of Life" simulation. This is achieved, so it is published as is for now.
Many thanks to SFML's contributors, it is really a great and fun library to use.
All the code in this repository is licensed under the MIT license. You can find a copy of this license in the LICENSE file in the root folder of the repository.