Conway's Game of Life

• Conway's Game of Life
  • About
  • Features
  • Usage
  • Requirements
  • Contributing
  • License

A console-based implementation of Conway's Game of Life, written in Go.

https://github.com/Gaurav-Gosain/game-of-life/assets/55647468/a0dfc70c-9a11-4df9-ae25-d8d7cc172e58

About

The Game of Life is a famous example of a cellular automaton, created by John Horton Conway in 1970. The game is a grid of cells that follow simple rules to evolve over time. This project implements the Game of Life in a console-based environment using the Go programming language.

Features

• Supports mouse and keyboard input for cell editing
• Allows for pausing and resuming the simulation
• Displays the current generation number
• Uses a color scheme based on the x and y coordinates to visually represent the cells

Usage

• Start the program by running main.go using Go.

go run main.go

• The game will start in paused mode, allowing you to explore the initial state of the grid.
• Use the p key to pause or resume the simulation.
• Use the w, a, s, and d keys to move the selection cursor.
• Use the t key or space to toggle the state of the cell at the current cursor position.
• Use the ? key to toggle the help overlay.
• Use the mouse to select a cell and toggle its state.
  • Left-click will set the state of a cell to alive.
  • Right-click will set the state of a cell to dead.

Note

Also supports the arrow keys and vim-like movement keys.

Requirements

• Go installed on your system

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute to this project, please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request with your proposed changes. All contributions are appreciated!

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more details.