https://github.com/fnky/particle-life

Game of life with particles
https://github.com/fnky/particle-life

game-of-life javascript particles web

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Game of life with particles

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/fnky/particle-life
• Owner: fnky
• License: mit
• Created: 2018-11-01T07:01:27.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-04-26T00:23:52.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-17T03:09:40.353Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: game-of-life, javascript, particles, web
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://fnky.github.io/particle-life
• Size: 743 KB
• Stars: 285
• Watchers: 17
• Forks: 32
• Open Issues: 5
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        


# Particle Life

A game of life using particles, instead of cells.

A JavaScript conversion, based on [Particle-Life](https://github.com/HackerPoet/Particle-Life 'Go to the repository of Particle-Life') by [HackerPoet](https://github.com/HackerPoet "Go to HackerPoet's GitHub profile").

[See it in the browser][demo]

## Todo

- [ ] Optimize rendering

  - Perhaps switch from `canvas-sketch` to a more stable and performant library (or home-grown)

- [ ] Further optimize the algorithm.

  - Use fixed-size data structures instead of arrays?

  - Allocate as much during initialization, before rendering.

  - Measure and optimize `Universe.step()` function.

  - Measure random-js and prob.js performance to ensure it is not a huge bottleneck.

- [ ] Add camera logic with zoom and tracking.

## Known Bugs

- Rendering performance is currently pretty poor (18-20 fps).

- There's no keymapping for zooming / reset, yet.

## Development

#### Scripts

- `start` — Start development. Opens browser and enables Hot reloading.

- `build` — Build distrobution-friendly files.

- `format` — Format files with [prettier](https://prettier.io/ "Go to Prettier's website").

## Contributing

Contributions are very welcome. If you've found a bug create an [issue](https://github.com/fnky/particle-life/issues 'Go to Issues') or even better, a [pull request](https://github.com/fnky/particle-life/pulls 'Go to Pull Requests').

## Credits

[HackerPoet](https://github.com/HackerPoet "HackerPoet's GitHub profile") better known as CodeParade, for the original implementation. Check out his [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrv269YwJzuZL3dH5PCgxUw "CodeParade's YouTube channel").

[demo]: https://fnky.github.io/particle-life