https://github.com/programmingrainbow/conways-game-of-life-cpp-sdl3
Conway's Game of Life written in C and using SDL£ game library.
https://github.com/programmingrainbow/conways-game-of-life-cpp-sdl3
cpp cpp20 gameoflife sdl sdl-image sdl-ttf sdl3 sdl3-image sdl3-ttf
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Conway's Game of Life written in C and using SDL£ game library.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/programmingrainbow/conways-game-of-life-cpp-sdl3
- Owner: ProgrammingRainbow
- Created: 2025-03-09T17:55:20.000Z (about 2 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-03-09T18:19:13.000Z (about 2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-09T19:21:10.318Z (about 2 months ago)
- Topics: cpp, cpp20, gameoflife, sdl, sdl-image, sdl-ttf, sdl3, sdl3-image, sdl3-ttf
- Language: C++
- Homepage:
- Size: 465 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# Conway's Game of Life (C++ - SDL3)
Conway's Game of Life is a classic cellular automaton devised by British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970. It's a zero-player game, meaning its evolution is determined by its initial state, with no further input from humans. Despite its simplicity, the Game of Life exhibits complex and fascinating patterns.
* If a dead cell has exactly three live neighbors, it becomes alive in the next generation.
* If a live cell has two or three live neighbors, it remains alive in the next generation.
* In all other cases, a cell dies or remains dead.
# ArchLinux instructions.
You will need to make sure SDL3, SDL3_image, and SDL3_ttf is installed.
```
sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel sdl3
```
```
cd
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/sdl3_image-git.git
sdl3_image-git
makepkg -i
```
```
cd
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/sdl3_ttf-git.git
sdl3_ttf-git
makepkg -i
```
```
cd
git clone https://github.com/ProgrammingRainbow/Conways-Game-of-Life-C-SDL3
cd Conways-Game-of-Life-C-SDL3
make run
```
The Makefile supports these commands:
```
make rebuild
make clean
make release
make debug
SRC_DIR=Video6 make rebuild run
```
# Controls
Up Arrow - Speeds up the game.\
Down Arrow - Slows down the game.\
Space Bar - Toggles game pauses.\
Escape - Quits the game.\
R - Resets and randomizes the board.\
C - Clears the board.\
F - Toggles display FPS.\
Mouse Click - Toggles a cell on/off.