Game of Life

Thomas Rumpf John Conway’s Game of Life Features Usage

Programming with OpenCL Screenshots

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Thomas Rumpf

Fakult¨atf¨urMathematik und Informatik Friedrich-Schiller-Universit¨atJena

CUDA student projects, WS 2009/2010 Features Game of Life Thomas Rumpf

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Usage General Screenshots Links I Supports RLE input files for starting population

I Supports Random mode for starting population

I Supports custom rule for calculations

I Zoom in/out of the board or move around

I Draw a grid for the board

I Reset board to starting population

I Adjustable waiting time between generations

I Single step calculation of next generation Features Game of Life Thomas Rumpf

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Usage OpenCL Screenshots Links

I Use of images for fast calculations

I Switch between wrapping and clamping mode

I Adjustable parameters for kernel execution

I Switch between CPU / OpenCL calculation

OpenGL

I Use of pixel buffer objects and textures Usage Game of Life Thomas Rumpf To start the Game Features I RLE file mode: Usage GameOfLife -f PATH [-l RULE] [ADV OPT] WIDTH [HEIGHT] Screenshots I Random starting population Links GameOfLife -r DENSITY [-l RULE] [ADV OPT] WIDTH [HEIGHT]

I See GameOfLife -h for more help

While running the Game

Key Description space Start/stop calculations + - Adjust waiting time between calculations Mouse left Move around in the board Mouse right Zoom in/out of the board g Draw grid for the board ... See in-game description for more keys Control interface Game of Life Thomas Rumpf

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Links Bill Gosper’s glider gun Game of Life Thomas Rumpf

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Links Sierpinksi triangle Game of Life Thomas Rumpf

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Links Turing machine Game of Life Thomas Rumpf

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Usage 1. Applet by Edwin Martin: Screenshots http://www.bitstorm.org/gameoflife/ Links 2. LifeWiki: http://conwaylife.com/wiki/ 3. Mirek’s Cellebration: 1D/2D cellular automata viewer http://psoup.math.wisc.edu/mcell/ 4. Golly: includes Quicklife and Bill Gosper’s Hashlife algorithm http://golly.sourceforge.net/