Game of Life

A C++ implementation of Conway's Game of Life using the SDL2 library for rendering.

Table of Contents

• Dependencies
• Usage
• Stack Exchange
• To-do

Dependencies

• SDL2

Usage

1. Edit config.ini to preferred game and display settings.

[DISPLAY]                   |  Sets the window resolution and framerate
PREFERRED_FPS = 60          |  Currently unused
WINDOW_SCALE = 5            |  Window resolution is equal to this float times the world width/height
                            |
[GAME OPTIONS]              |  Sets the size of the game area and how populated it is
WORLD_WIDTH = 100           |  Width of the vector containing the cells
WORLD_HEIGHT = 100          |  Height of the vector containing the cells
IS_ALIVE_CHANCE = 0.444444  |  Chance a cell will be alive (0 = no cells, 1 = all cells)

2. Run ConwaysGameOfLife.exe

Stack Exchange

• Code Review

To-do

• Create a Config class that can read (key, value) pairs from a text file and apply them to the const variables defined in int main().
• Add keyboard and mouse interaction.
  • Press R to reset world.
  • Left click on the window to spawn living cells.
• Add dynamic FPS for PREFERRED_FPS option.