Conway's Game of Life is a classic cellular automaton devised by British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970. It's a zero-player game, meaning its evolution is determined by its initial state, with no further input from humans. Despite its simplicity, the Game of Life exhibits complex and fascinating patterns.
- If a dead cell has exactly three live neighbors, it becomes alive in the next generation.
- If a live cell has two or three live neighbors, it remains alive in the next generation.
- In all other cases, a cell dies or remains dead.
You will need to make sure SDL3, SDL3_image, and SDL3_ttf is installed.
sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel sdl3
cd
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/sdl3_image-git.git
sdl3_image-git
makepkg -i
cd
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/sdl3_ttf-git.git
sdl3_ttf-git
makepkg -i
cd
git clone https://github.com/ProgrammingRainbow/Conways-Game-of-Life-C-SDL3
cd Conways-Game-of-Life-C-SDL3
make run
The Makefile supports these commands:
make rebuild
make clean
make release
make debug
SRC_DIR=Video6 make rebuild run
Up Arrow - Speeds up the game.
Down Arrow - Slows down the game.
Space Bar - Toggles game pauses.
Escape - Quits the game.
R - Resets and randomizes the board.
C - Clears the board.
F - Toggles display FPS.
Mouse Click - Toggles a cell on/off.