CCGOL is a high-performance simulation of Conway's Game of Life written in C, utilizing OpenGL for rendering with shaders and efficient data structures for large-scale pattern evolution. It supports loading RLE pattern files.

• Compatible C compiler (tested with gcc on linux, minGW on windows)
• OpenGL

make

Use MinGW or a compatible compiler with:

make -f Makefile_win

Navigate to build directory and run

./CCGOL <grid size> <screen size>

• <grid size>: Number of simulation cells per axis (e.g. 256 for a 256x256 grid)
• <screen size>: Size of the application window in pixels (e.g. 1024)

./CCGOL 512 1080

CCGOL.exe 512 1080

• Arrow Up/Down: Increase/Decrease simulation speed.
• Space: Pause/Resume the simulation.
• Hold Tab: Fast forward the simulation.
• L: Load RLE pattern files.
• R: Reset the simulation.

Sample RLE files are located in the rles/ directory. Patterns can be loaded during runtime.

build/             # Compiled objects and shaders
include/           # Header files for GLAD, GLFW, tinyfiledialogs, uthash.
libs/              # External C libraries (GLAD, tinyfiledialogs)
rles/              # Collection of RLE pattern files
src/               # Source code (game logic, rendering, window, etc.)
Makefile           # Linux/macOS build script
Makefile_win       # Windows build script