smooth_life

smooth_life is a cli implementation of a generalized version of Conway's "Game of Life" explained in a paper authored by Stephan Rafler.

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Requirements

The project utilizes Make as the designated build system, gcc 9.4 for compilation, and incorporates the subsequent dependencies.

• libncurses5-dev
• pthreads (bundled with gcc)
• OpenMP (bundled with gcc)
• tomlc99 (included as a git submodule)

Using Docker

An alternative to installing all the dependencies is to use Docker and create an image using the Dockerfile provided.

Then you can run smooth_life with the following command:

docker run -it <name_of_your_image> <optinal: your_config_file>

Usage

To compile the project, simply run make or, for a debug build, make debug=true.

smooth_life can be executed using either the default configuration or a custom configuration.

# Default configuration
./smooth_life
# Custom configuration
./smooth_lide config.toml

The example file config.toml contains a comprehensive list of all configurable values.

In the simulation

During the execution of smooth_life, the r key triggers a simulation restart, while the q key terminates the program.