https://github.com/fornwall/wgpu-game-of-life
Game of Life-like simulations using wgpu.
https://github.com/fornwall/wgpu-game-of-life
game-of-life rust webgpu wgpu winit
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Game of Life-like simulations using wgpu.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/fornwall/wgpu-game-of-life
- Owner: fornwall
- Created: 2023-06-11T08:11:55.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-06-03T13:03:41.000Z (12 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-14T14:56:17.484Z (8 months ago)
- Topics: game-of-life, rust, webgpu, wgpu, winit
- Language: Rust
- Homepage: https://wgpu-game-of-life.fornwall.net
- Size: 660 KB
- Stars: 9
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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# wgpu-game-of-life
A demo using the rust [wgpu](https://wgpu.rs/) implementation of the [WebGPU](https://www.w3.org/TR/webgpu/) API to compute and render the [Game of Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life) and [Life-like](https://conwaylife.com/wiki/Life-like_cellular_automaton) simulations.
See the online version in a WebGPU capable browser at https://wgpu-game-of-life.fornwall.net or run a checkout locally using `cargo run`.
It's based on [WebGPU Samples](https://webgpu.github.io/webgpu-samples/samples/gameOfLife), ported to rust and `wgpu` (with the help of [Learn Wgpu](https://sotrh.github.io/learn-wgpu/)) and having some additional features for demonstration purposes. It uses [winit](https://github.com/rust-windowing/winit) for cross-platform windowing functionality.
## Keyboard shortcuts
- Change generations per second: `Q` to go slower, `W` to speed up
- Change grid size: `-`/`+`
- Change initial density: `Left`/`Right` arrows
- Change rule: `Up`/`Down` arrows
- Download image: `I` (web version only)
- Play/Pause: `Space`
- Reset: `R`
- Toggle controls: `Tab`/`C` (web version only)
- Toggle fullscreen: `F`
## Platform: Android
Use [cargo-ndk](https://crates.io/crates/cargo-ndk) to build and run (release builds requires the `CARGO_APK_RELEASE_KEYSTORE` and `CARGO_APK_RELEASE_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD` environment variables to be set).
- `make [RELEASE=1] build-android`: Build apk at `target/[debug/release]/apk/wgpu-game-of-life.apk`
- `make [RELEASE=1] run-android`: Run app on connected device or emulator.
## Platform: iOS
Run `make run-ios-simulator` to run inside the iOS simulator.
## Platform: Web
Run `make run-web` to build, serve and open the web version in a browser.
## Resources
- [Game of Life: How a nerdsnipe led to a fast implementation of game of life](https://binary-banter.github.io/game-of-life/)