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https://github.com/peterhellberg/life

Conway's Game of Life written in Go using termbox-go
https://github.com/peterhellberg/life

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Conway's Game of Life written in Go using termbox-go

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# life

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Conway's Game of Life written in Go using [termbox-go](https://github.com/nsf/termbox-go)

![R-pentomino ](http://assets.c7.se/life/rPentomino.gif)

## Installation

Just go get it:

go get -u github.com/peterhellberg/life

## Usage

You can toggle cells (alive/dead) using the mouse and/or keyboard.
Press `ENTER` to start the simulation or `SPACE` to step forward one generation.

## Keyboard shortcuts

| Key | Alternate key | Action |
| -------:|:--------------|:-------------------- |
| a | | draw acorn |
| d | | draw dieHard |
| g | | draw glider |
| G | | draw gosperGliderGun |
| o | | draw loafer |
| p | | draw rPentomino |
| h | `LEFT ARROW` | move left |
| j | `DOWN ARROW` | move down |
| k | `UP ARROW` | move up |
| l | `RIGHT ARROW` | move right |
| c | | clear grid |
| x | `LEFT CLICK` | toggle cell |
| q | `ESC` | quit |
| r | `ENTER` | toggle auto run |
| s | `SPACE` | step forward |

## License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014-2015 [Peter Hellberg](http://c7.se/)

> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
> a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
> "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
> without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
> distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
> permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
> the following conditions:

> The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
> included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

> THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
> EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
> MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
> NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
> LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
> OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
> WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.