Game of Life

• Supports Arbitrary World Rules: http://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/List_of_Life-like_cellular_automata

Node.js (Install)

Requirements:

• Node.js
• npm (Node.js package manager)

npm install gameoflife-rulestring

Usage:

var game = require('gameoflife-rulestring');

var rules = '23/3'; // B3/S23 - Conway's Life
var board =  '......\n' +
             '***...\n' +
             '......\n' +
             '......\n' +
             '......\n' +
             '......\n';
var world = game.init(board, rules);
world.evolve();
console.log(world.toString());
 
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Game of Life World Initializer

Initialises a World.
  @param {string} boardScheme
  @param {string} rules
  @return {World}

• require('gameoflife-rulestring').init(boardScheme, rules)

@Public API Methods:

• World.board - [Getter]
• World.rows - [Getter]
• World.cols - [Getter]
• World.rules - [Getter]
• World.generation - [Getter]
• World.aliveCount - [Getter]
• World.getCell({Location})
• World.setCell({Location}, {Cell})
• World.evolve()
• World.toString()
• World.inBound({Location})

License

Free to use and abuse under the MIT license. http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php