Life-like

Download pattern file from server (entropymine.com)

npm run patterns:download

Install patterns from source file

npm run patterns:install

Architecture

Model

• Only stores data
• May be reactive

System

• Has access to Models
• Defines a tick() method to operate on Models

Controller

• Has access to Models and Systems

Plugin (?)

• Has access to a single Model and Controller
• Defines an activate() method to bind Controller behaviors
• Optional: Defines a deactivate() method to unbind Controller behaviors

Versions

V1 game engine (JS via ECS): http://vasir.net/blog/game-development/how-to-build-entity-component-system-in-javascript

V2 game engine (JS via hash tables): https://pzemtsov.github.io/2015/04/24/game-of-life-hash-tables-and-hash-codes.html

V3 game engine (Rust via hash tables): https://rustwasm.github.io/docs/book/game-of-life/introduction.html

Reference: http://www.mirekw.com/ca/rullex_life.html https://conwaylife.com/ref/lexicon/lex.htm https://conwaylife.com/wiki/Plaintext

Art series

Life-like: Maze Life-like: Coral Life-like: Stains?

Rule ideas

Favorites

• life
• coral
• maze + alts
• move
• dayAndNight

References

• https://github.com/copy/life
• https://github.com/raganwald/cafeaulife
• https://github.com/raganwald/hashlife
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashlife