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hacknorris edited this page Oct 20, 2025 · 2 revisions

Welcome to the life api wiki!

how to include on a website:

<script src="https://hacknorris-code.github.io/life/things.js"></script>

main api usage:

var = new GameOfLife(
str {canvas id}, 
*str {foreground color, black by default}, 
*int {probability - best between 0 and 10, bigger - more probable for cell to appear at start, 5 by default}, 
*bool {debug mode - console.logs in few important parts of code}
);

where *-signed attribute is optional

api to update canvas:

var.init();
var.updateAndDrawGrid();

example usages:

automatical, simple:

<body onload="main()">
<script src="https://hacknorris-code.github.io/life/things.js"></script>
<canvas id="main"></canvas>
<script>
function main(){
let game = new GameOfLife('white');
          game.init();
          setInterval(() => {
            game.updateAndDrawGrid();
          }, 100);
}
</script>
</body>

manual, complex:

<body onload="main()">
<script src="https://hacknorris-code.github.io/life/things.js"></script>
<canvas id="main"></canvas>
<button onclick="next()">NEXT</button>
<script>
function main(){
let game = new GameOfLife('white', 'grey', 3,true);
game.init();
}
function next(){
game.updateAndDrawGrid();
}
</script>
</body>

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