Conway's Game of Life for nodejs

(made by a wolfcat)

Installation

npm install -g wcgameoflife ('wc' comes from 'w'olf'c'at)

Usage

CLI

wcgameoflife [ms for each tick]

Press ctrl+C for exit

As module

const gameoflife = require("wcgameoflife");

When is used as module it exposes the class Universe

• class wcgameoflife.Universe

• new wcgameoflife.Universe (width: number, height: number)

• Universe.run([ms: number, render(state: Buffer): function])

Without parameters the universe will continue if it has been stopped. Use it with parameters to start running the universe with ms milliseconds between each tick and a render function to display the current tick.

There is a convenient function to render the current state to stdout Universe.sdtoutRender

universe.run(44, toVideo(buffer, container) => container.render(buffer))

universe.run(16, Universe.sdtoutRender)

• Universe.stop()

Stop the universe

• Universe.stopped() -> Boolean

Check whether the universe has been stopped

• Universe.change(width: number, height: number)

Change the universe dimension.