https://github.com/mattwright324/jpowder-game

A cellular powder game that allows you to play with metal, dust, water, fire, uranium, and more. Inspired by The Powder Toy.
https://github.com/mattwright324/jpowder-game

cellular-automata desktop-app game java java-swing

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A cellular powder game that allows you to play with metal, dust, water, fire, uranium, and more. Inspired by The Powder Toy.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mattwright324/jpowder-game
• Owner: mattwright324
• Created: 2015-04-09T01:56:38.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-08-25T15:15:33.000Z (11 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-01T17:51:14.611Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: cellular-automata, desktop-app, game, java, java-swing
• Language: Java
• Homepage:
• Size: 581 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
#  JPowder

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A java cellular automata based on The Powder Toy.

Thread located at [powdertoy.co.uk](http://powdertoy.co.uk/Discussions/Thread/View.html?Thread=19989&PageNum=0)

![Preview](./README_preview.png)

Keybinding help, the same info can also be enabled on the hud in-game.

| Control | Action                                         |

|---------|------------------------------------------------|

| T       | Toggle drawing shape as Circle or Square.      |

| F       | Update by a single frame.                      |

| H       | Toggle HUD                                     |

| S       | Toggle window size.                            |

| SPACE   | Pause & Play                                   |

| [ ]     | Change drawing size +- 1                       |

| 1 to 4  | View type: Default, Temp, Life Gradient, Fancy |

## Download

[![GitHub Releases](https://img.shields.io/badge/downloads-releases-brightgreen.svg?maxAge=60&style=flat-square)](https://github.com/mattwright324/jpowder-game/releases)

Be sure to have at least Java 11 installed.

Extract the latest release zip file and run `jpowder-yyyyMMdd.HHmmss.jar`.

## Build

Use the clean build commands to test a build. Use the run command to build and run.

```sh

$ ./gradlew clean build

$ ./gradlew run

```

## Package

Run the package command then zip up the `build/package` folder contents for a release.

```sh

$ ./gradlew packageJar

```