A simple example of Conway's Game Of Life, using Pyglet for visualization and Cython for speed.

This version uses Cython's "pure Python" syntax, so it can be run both with and without Cython compilation. This demonstrates clearly the difference in speed between regular Python and Cython.

Setup

1. Install requirements (pip install -r requirements.txt). A venv is recommended.
2. Use python compile.py to build the extension modules.
3. Run life.py from the root directory to execute the demo.

Usage

Click and drag within the window to move the view around.

Use the [ and ] keys to change color palettes.

Press p to pause and unpause; press . to single-step.

Press 0 through 9 to alter the speed of the simulation. The maximum speed is the FRAMERATE variable in conway.py.

Press Space to randomize the playing field.

Press Shift-1 through Shift-9 to alter the factor for randomization.

Notes

The numbers that pop up in the console during runtime are:

• the average time taken by the program to compute a new generation of the playing field
• time to render the results to the buffer
• time to draw

Th src\life.py file has some alternate rules for Life that can be uncommented and used in place of the existing rules.

You can also edit the colors used to render the playing field by altering the values for colors in src\conway.py.

License

MIT