Game of Life in Python (Golipy)
Golipy is a simulator of John H. Conway’s Game of Life, developed in Python based on the Pygame library.
This is a toy project developed as an illustrative example of this simulator for the Conf.IT talk I attended as a lecturer in November 2021.
Features
To run it, it is enough to have a Python >=3.7 environment with Pygame installed. Then, executing the main.py file will launch the simulation.
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| Golipy universe with some cells activated |
From now on, the simulation is managed on the basis of the following inputs:
- Enter and Space: Start the simulation. If it’s already running, both keys will pause and resume the simulation
- Delete: Resets the simulation
- W, A, S and D: To move around the canvas
- + and –: Accelerates and slows down the simulation
- Mouse left and right click: Activates/deactivates the cell where the mouse pointer is currently standing
- Mouse wheel up and down: Zooms in and out the canvas.
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| Zooming out the canvas | Zooming in the canvas |
License
This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 3+.
The FiraCode font is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
