John Conway`s Game of Life - Friedrich-Schiller

John Conway`s Game of Life - Friedrich-Schiller

Game of Life
Thomas Rumpf
John Conway’s Game of Life
Programming with OpenCL
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Thomas Rumpf
Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
CUDA student projects, WS 2009/2010
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Game of Life
Thomas Rumpf
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General
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Supports RLE input files for starting population
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Supports Random mode for starting population
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Supports custom rule for calculations
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Zoom in/out of the board or move around
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Draw a grid for the board
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Reset board to starting population
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Adjustable waiting time between generations
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Single step calculation of next generation
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Game of Life
Thomas Rumpf
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OpenCL
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Use of images for fast calculations
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Switch between wrapping and clamping mode
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Adjustable parameters for kernel execution
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Switch between CPU / OpenCL calculation
OpenGL
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Use of pixel buffer objects and textures
Game of Life
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Thomas Rumpf
To start the Game
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RLE file mode:
Usage
GameOfLife -f PATH [-l RULE] [ADV OPT] WIDTH [HEIGHT]
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Random starting population
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GameOfLife -r DENSITY [-l RULE] [ADV OPT] WIDTH [HEIGHT]
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See GameOfLife -h for more help
While running the Game
Key
space
+Mouse left
Mouse right
g
...
Description
Start/stop calculations
Adjust waiting time between calculations
Move around in the board
Zoom in/out of the board
Draw grid for the board
See in-game description for more keys
Control interface
Game of Life
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Bill Gosper’s glider gun
Game of Life
Thomas Rumpf
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Sierpinksi triangle
Game of Life
Thomas Rumpf
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Turing machine
Game of Life
Thomas Rumpf
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Game of Life
Thomas Rumpf
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1. Applet by Edwin Martin:
http://www.bitstorm.org/gameoflife/
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/
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