Dark Forest Threads

A multithreaded simulation of civilizations in a "dark forest" universe, written in C using POSIX threads.

Features

• Simulates multiple civilizations as threads
• Civilizations interact, attack, befriend, or hide from each other
• Tracks development, visibility, and diplomatic/survival states
• Demonstrates thread synchronization and inter-thread communication
• Most features are very rudimentary with only basic one way interactions

Project Structure

• darkForest.c - Main entry point, universe and thread initialization
• civilizationFunctions.c/h - Civilization thread logic and interactions
• utilFunctions.c/h - Utility functions
• dataTypes.h - Shared data types and constants
• makefile - Build instructions

Build Instructions

To build the project, run:

make

This will produce dark.exe.

To clean up build artifacts:

make clean

Usage

Run the simulation:

./dark.exe

Requirements

• GCC (with pthread support)
• POSIX-compliant system (Linux, macOS, WSL, etc.)

Notes

• Thread behavior and interactions are defined in civilizationFunctions.c.
• The number of civilizations and universe size are configurable in dataTypes.h.
• For debugging memory issues, use Valgrind:

valgrind ./dark.exe

Author

dja322