https://github.com/fnky/particle-life
Game of life with particles
https://github.com/fnky/particle-life
game-of-life javascript particles web
Last synced: 7 months ago
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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 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2021-04-26T00:23:52.000Z (about 5 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-30T20:31:59.384Z (about 1 year ago)
- Topics: game-of-life, javascript, particles, web
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: https://fnky.github.io/particle-life
- Size: 743 KB
- Stars: 301
- Watchers: 16
- Forks: 32
- Open Issues: 5
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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