This is a self-educational project. I just wanted to play around with Rust and to implement the Game of Life when you're starting to familiarize yourself with a new language is a kind of tradition.
The code is definitely overcomplicated, partially on purpose, as I wanted to get familiar with generics and traits, and partially because I am not good at the language at all yet.
Just cargo run it.
For better impression, run from xterm with a smaller font: xterm -fn -*-fixed-medium-r-*-*-6-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Use arrow keys to control the viewport.
Use D to turn inter-move delays on or off.
Use + and - to control the duration of a move.
Use O to open a .cells or .rle file.
Use Q to quit.
- Renders to console using pancurses for that old school feeling
- Infinite board (well, not really, but you can use
i128for coordinates thanks to generics) - Keyboard-controllable viewport
Viewport size is limited to i32 by ncurses implementation. Let's just hope nobody will ever need more.
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