Conway's Game of Life

Matrix greenrain screensavers are getting old!

This is a fairly simple implementation of Conway's celular automaton The Game of Life, directly available from the terminal. Now there is a tiny living world in your workspace :3

Right now the only initial configuration is The R-pentomino (this one):

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Usage

Execute:

conway

Options:

flag	description
-c [char]	The character representing a living cell
-d [int]	The delay time between ticks
-r	Randomizes the initial generation
-l [int]	Limits the number of generations
-h	Show help

Other example:

conway -c 8 -d 25

Install

git clone https://github.com/ivaaane/conway.git
cd conway
sudo make install

Roadmap

• Thing works.

• More default configurations.

• Option to input custom configuration.

• Option to limit the number of generations.

• Option to randomize the initial configuration.

• Color options.