Conway's Game of Life and Langton's Ant

About

This project implements Conway's Game of Life and Langton's Ant.
Both are cellular automaton simulations. Uses Rich for terminal visualization.

Screenshots

Installation

To install make sure you have Python 3.11 or higher (tested with Python 3.13) and uv installed.

Installation From Source

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/paulrobello/rich_life.git
   cd rich_life
   

2. Install the required dependencies:

   uv sync
   

Installation From PyPI

To install from PyPI, run any of the following commands:

uv tool install rich-life

pipx install rich-life

Usage

Running if installed from PyPI

rich_life

Running from source

Run the Game of Life simulation using the following command:

uv run rich_life

You can customize the grid size, number of generations, and neighborhood rules using command-line options:

uv run rich_life --width 50 --height 30 --generations 300 --rules moore

Run the Langton's Ant simulation using the following command:

uv run rich_life --mode ants

Available options:

• --width or -w: Width of the grid (default: half of console height)
• --height or -h: Height of the grid (default: half of console height minus 2)
• --infinite or -i: Enable infinite mode. Simulation grid has no bounds (default: False)
• --generations or -g: Number of generations to simulate (default: 100)
• --mode or -m: Simulation mode (options: 'life' or 'ants', default: 'ants')
• --rules or -r: Neighborhood rules for game of life (options: 'moore' or 'van_neumann', default: 'moore')
• --offset-x or -x: Bord display X-coordinate offset for infinite mode (default: 0)
• --offset-y or -y: Bord display Y-coordinate offset for infinite mode (default: 0)
• --rps or -r: Refresh / generations per second (default: 10)
• --follow or -f: Follow the ant in ANTS mode (default: False)

Keys:

• 'Arrows' / 'WSAD': Pan the grid

Running Tests

To run the tests, use the following command:

uv run pytest tests/test_game_of_life.py

What's New

• Version 0.3.1: Updated dependencies and ensured compatibility with Python 3.13
• Version 0.3.0: Added follow mode for Langton's Ant
• Version 0.2.0: Better keyboard handling
• Version 0.1.0: Initial release

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.

Author

Paul Robello (probello@gmail.com)