GOLSerial

This is a serial version of John Conway's Game Of Life built in c++ and visualized using the SDL library

Complie g++ or cmake

g++

g++ -o GOLSerial main.cpp src/Neighbors/Neighbors.cpp src/Rules/Rules.cpp src/Cell/Cell.cpp src/TextLoader/TextLoader.cpp src/GameOfLife/GameOfLife.cpp -Iincludes/ -lSDL2 -lSDL2_ttf

cmake

cd GOLSerial
mkdir build
cmake ..
make

Libraries

• SDL (https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL)
• SDL_ttf (https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_ttf)

Make sure SDL and SDL_ttf is installed and you are pointed to the correct versions in the CMakeLists.txt file

./GOLSerial

The Max Row size is 90

The Max Column size is 125

If no Row or Column is selected a default of 15 by 15 will be selected

Example

./GOLSerial 15 15

Video Examples

Screencast.from.01-22-2023.06.06.13.PM.webm

Screencast.from.01-22-2023.06.07.12.PM.webm

Future For Project

• Add cmake for easier compliation\
• [x]Add the SDL library for the visualization