3D Cellular Automata

This is a project that ressembles the classic Game of Life, but implemented in a 3D world. The project needs OpenGL 4.5 or greater to render, and currently only compiles under Linux (although it would be relatively easy to change CMakeLists to compile for Windows/macOS*(apple discontinued OpenGL support in favor of Metal)).

Compilation

    git clone https:github.com/noctrog/3d-cellular-automata
    cd 3d-cellular-automata/build
    cmake ..
    make -j

Run

If you just compiled, from the build folder, run:

    ../bin/3D_Cellular_Automata -f ../map.txt

The -f argument tells the program from which text file to load the initial map conditions. A map file must look like this:

    rule: 2 3 3 3
    size: 10
    cells:
    0 2 3
    3 5 1
    5 3 1

• Rule:
  • First number: min of neighbour cells to survive.
  • Second number: max of neighbour cells to survive.
  • Third number: min of neighbours for a cell to be born.
  • Fourth number: max of neighbours for a cell to be born.
• Size: the size of the cubic world.
• Cells: tells the program where to insert the initial cells, each cells needs a new line, specifying x, y and z coordinates as unsigned integers (from 0 to size-1)

Controls

• A-D: orbit
• W-S: zoom
• Spacebar: run 1 epoch
• Esc: exit