Game of Life

A Rust-based version of Conway's Game of Life run from the command-line.

Pre-requisites

1. Rust 1.40.0 installed.
2. Bash shell environment.

The program currently has no dependencies outside of the Rust standard library.

Compilation

The program can be compiled using the cargo utility using:

cargo build --release

Usage

The program takes command-line input in the following form:

./game_of_life <input_file> <time per step (ms)>

Input file format

The input files for the program take the following form.

1. Line 1 consists of dimensions of the field, in form <width>,<height>
2. Subsequent number of lines of expected length and quantity consist of comma-separated values representing the initial state of the square. 0 represents a dead square and 1 represents an alive square.

An example input file for a "blinker" is as follows:

5,5
0,0,0,0,0
0,0,0,0,0
0,1,1,1,0
0,0,0,0,0
0,0,0,0,0

Some example input files are included in the ./inputs/ folder.