About

Yet Another Implementation of Game of Life (YAIoGoL) is a simple implementation of Game of Life in Compose Multiplatform.

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The game follows the classic rules.

Read more about the Game of Life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_Game_of_Life

How to run it

JVM: Clone the code and run the ./gradlew run task. Wasm: Clone the code and run the ./gradlew wasmJsRun task.

User manual

1. Settings

   • Generation duration: pick how long each duratrion should last, can be adjusted while the game is running.
   • Grid size: pick the size of the grid; note that the grid is not wrapping around, the cells can't interact over the edges of the grid.
   • Randomize: pick a random initial state of the grid.
   • Clear grid: make all cells in the grid dead.
   • Reset view: reset the zoom and pan of the grid to the initial position.
   • Start: start the game from the current state of the grid.
   • Stop: stop the current game.
   • Pause: pause the current game.

2. Controls

   • Left click on the cell to switch between live and dead states.
   • Hold the right mouse button and move the coursor to pan around the grid.
   • Use the scroll to zoom in and out the grid.