macha / magol

A Game Of Life simulator written in Python

An implementation of Conway's Game of Life in Python.

Usage

Requirements

• Python 2.7
• PyGame (for the GUI)

Command Line

Run it using consolegol.py. It takes no arguments. When prompted, enter the size of the board (it is square, and the number you enter is used for all sides). It will ask you how many turns you wish to run. After that, you can run it some more, or you can type '0' to exit.

GUI

Run it using pygamegol.py <length of sides>. Alternatively, you may also specify a filename to a .rle file of an initial layout as such pygamegol.py 100 glider.rle. However, it will be rejected if it is larger than the length of sides given in the command line arguments.

The controls are as follows:

• Left click a cell to toggle it's state (See the bugs section below)
• Press 's' to toggle slow mode. This slows it down to 1 generation per second.
• Press 'r' to reset the grid.
• Press tab to fill the grid randomly.

Known Bugs

• If you choose an uneven length, there will be an area around the edge of the screen that will crash the simulator if clicked on.
• It is extremely slow for grid sizes > ~150x150 (depending on your computer this may go up or down)