Game of Life

This is a simple program that visualizes Conway's Game of Life using OpenCV in C++.

The GOLAnimator class has the ability to detect still lifes and oscillators/blinkers with period up to 5. When these are detected, the main function reduces refresh rate to visualize the condition, then triggers a reset.

How to build

Prerequisites

Install OpenCV using the official instructions for your platform.

Instructions

• Clone the project:

  git clone https://github.com/AdX9170/GOLAnimator.git

• Configure and build:

  cd GOLAnimator
  mkdir build && cd build
  cmake ..
  make

  Note: If you have installed OpenCV to a local directory, you can provide it during the cmake step above. e.g.:

  cmake -DOpenCV_DIR=<path_to_OpenCV_config.cmake> ..

Running

• Run the executable from the build directory

  <cloned_repo>/build/GOLAnimator[.exe]

• The GUI provides keyboard controls:

  Key	Action
  c	change resolution (random)
  i	invert colors
  q	quit
  r	reset to random state
  space	pause/resume