https://github.com/dahlitzflorian/game-of-life

The 'Game of Life' is an (mac) console application written in C. It represents a modified version of the famous game of life thought of by mathematician Conway.
https://github.com/dahlitzflorian/game-of-life

c command-line console console-application game

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The 'Game of Life' is an (mac) console application written in C. It represents a modified version of the famous game of life thought of by mathematician Conway.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/dahlitzflorian/game-of-life
• Owner: DahlitzFlorian
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-11-21T13:17:00.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-02-24T12:40:33.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-26T07:35:29.460Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: c, command-line, console, console-application, game
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 11.5 MB
• Stars: 8
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# THE GAME OF LIFE

## Abstract

The 'Game of Life' is an (mac) console application written in C. It represents a modified version of the famous 

game of life thought of by mathematician Conway.

## Development information

It was / is being developed as a project in university during programming classes.

Participating members are at the moment

  - Florian Dahlitz (https://github.com/DahlitzFlorian/ | @DahlitzF)

  - Patrick Hähn (https://github.com/haehnpt/ | @haehnpt)

  - Sebastian Schmitt (https://github.com/sebschmitt/ | @sebschmitt_)

  

## User Information

Invoking game of life can be done with or without a parameter.

- Without a parameter a random field of dead and alive cells is generated.

- With a file path of a ".txt"-file, the content of the file is read as a field of cells,

  e.g. ./gameOfLife input.txt

  

## Screenshot

![A screenshot of the application running in console](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DahlitzFlorian/game-of-life/master/screen.png)

## GIFs

### An unstable, not oscillating state

![A GIF of the application running in console](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DahlitzFlorian/game-of-life/master/gif_2.gif)

### An oscillating state

![A GIF of the application running in console](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DahlitzFlorian/game-of-life/master/gif_1.gif)

## Links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_Game_of_Life