Cellmaker

Library for simulation of cellular automata, like Conways Game of Life

How to use

Compile:

make ./main
or
gcc -o automaton main.c CellularAutomata/CellularAutomaton.h CellularAutomata/CellularAutomaton.c
./automaton

Visit main.c for complete file example.

Include:

#include"CellularAutomata/CellularAutomaton.h"

Define your rules:

//At what neighbor count will a cell survive the current iteration?unsigned intsurvive[] = { 2, 3 };
size_tsSize=sizeof(survive) / sizeof(unsigned int);
//At what neighbor count will a cell get revived in the current iteration?unsigned intrevive[] = { 3 };
size_trSize=sizeof(revive) / sizeof(unsigned int);

Create from array:

boolarr[] =
{
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
};
CellularAutomatonautom=newAutomatonFromArray(arr, survive, sSize, revive, rSize, 10, 10);

Keep in mind that this wraps around the edges, meaning that e.g. cells at the right edge neighbor the cells on the left edge.

Initialize randomly:

srand(time(NULL));
//0.4 means the area will be alive by 40%CellularAutomatonautom=newAutomaton(survive, sSize, revive, rSize, 0.4, 20, 20);

Run steps:

for (inti=0; i<40; i++)
{
print(autom);
tick(autom);
printf("\n");
}

Print will print the automaton onto the console. However you can render it however you like by accessing the automatons buffer directly. It's a linear array of bools. Retrieve it by using:;

bool*usedBuffer=currentBuffer(autom);

Free memory:

freeAutomaton(autom);