TheGameOfLifePython

The Game of Life but programmed in Python

How to use the interactive editor.

Install the requirements using pip install -r requirements.txt (or python -m pip install -r requirements.txt)

Launch the interactive editor using python interactive-editor.py.

Click the squares you wish to make alive / kill (click once to make alive (white) click again to kill (black))

To start the simulation, press the space key, to stop the simulation / edit it, press the tab key.

How to run via python files.

Download the files and run python visual-editor.py or python manual-editor.py in your terminal.

How to edit

You can either (painfully) edit manual-editor.py, or, alternatively, use the visual-editor.py file and edit the STARTING_GENERATION variable where you can visually change the starting generation.

Example

Emojis don't display in my terminal!

First of all, get a better terminal, second, you can disable the emojis by going to life/__init__.py and changing FANCY_MODE from True to False. Here you can also change the overall look of the game.

Extra debug information

Parse the following into life.Board() as kwargs for debug features;

kwarg	Explanation
debug=True	Enables debug features.
display_as_numbers=True	Displays cells as the number of alive cells surrounding them.
advanced_number_display=True	Displays cells as the number of alive cells surrounding them as well as provides information on the cells current alive/dead state.
label_axis=True	Will label the x & y axis - this breaks for x/y values <10.
wrapping=True	Will allow the board to act as an infinte plane.
random_start=True	Allows the board to be initialised with a random layout.
random_seed=int	Sets the seed for randomness if random_start is enabled.`

All the GameOfLifes I've made.

Language	Repo link
Python	https://github.com/Scrumpyy/TheGameOfLifePython
Java	https://github.com/Scrumpyy/TheGameOfLifeJava
Javascript	https://github.com/Scrumpyy/TheGameOfLifeJavascript