GoL

Conway's Game of Life written in C.

Build

First make sure that a C compiler like gcc or clang, cmake and make are installed.

Clone the repository:

git clone --depth 1 --branch=main https://github.com/thehxdev/gol
cd gol

Then Build GoL:

mkdir build
cmake -DOPTIMIZE=1 -B build/ -S .
cmake --build build/

Usage

Once you built GoL, execute it from build/ directory.

./build/gol

Nix

Note

Make sure that nix experimental features (nix-command and flakes) are enabled.

Execute GoL directly as a Nix Flake:

nix run github:thehxdev/gol