conway/README.md

Conway

This is a program for running Conway's Game of Life on the command line.

Building

make to build and make install to install.

Usage

Command line flags:

• -S [0-8]* the rules for when an alive cell survives
• -B [0-8]* the rules for when a new cell is born
• -A <color> provide a color for alive cells (RGB hex, either 3 or 6 chars)
• -D <color> provide a color for dead cells (RGB hex, either 3 or 6 chars)

Some interesting rulesets can be found in this list.

Actions:

• Mouse: draw cells (by default: create new cells)
• Space: toggle mouse mode between create/destroy
• p: toggle play/pause
• q or Escape: quit
• c: clear the world