Game of Life

Runs the Game of Life in the console.

Running the game

game-of-life run [options]

Option	Alias	Description	Default Value
--width	-w	Sets the width of the grid.	30
--height	-h	Sets the height of the grid.	30
--iterations	-i	Sets the number of iterations to perform.	100
--initial-delay	-id	Sets the delay (in ms) for which the first iteration is shown.	1000
--delay	-d	Sets the delay (in ms) between iterations.	200
--back-color	-b	Sets the background color of the grid.	Grey15
--base-color	-c	Sets the color of the cells.	Red1
--pattern	-p	Seeds the initial iteration with a known pattern.	-
--qr-code	-q	Seeds the initial iteration with a QR code.	-

When the game runs, cell aging is used to highlight cells that survive more than one generation. These cells appear in a darker color (or lighter if a dark base color is used).

Example usage

game-of-life.exe run --width 40 --height 40 --back-color Grey15 --base-color Red1

QR Codes

The initial iteration can be seeded using a QR code using the --qr-code option.

Using an existing QR code

A QR code in an image file can be used:

game-of-life.exe run --qr-code [path of qr code image]

Alternatively, the url of a QR code in an image can be used:

game-of-life.exe run --qr-code [url of qr code image]

Generating a QR code

A QR code can be generated from text:

game-of-life.exe run --qr-code "some text"

Showing the available known patterns

The initial iteration can be seeded from a known pattern when using the --pattern option. The available patterns can be shown using the show-patterns command:

game-of-life.exe show-patterns

Showing the available colors

The color of the grid and the cells can be set using the --back-color and --base-color options. The available colors can be shown using the show-colors command:

game-of-life.exe show-colors