Terminal-saver script inspired by unimatrix (but neither as flexible nor as pretty).
Implements Conway's Game of Life using python's curses and scipy's 2d convolution operation.
Configuration atop the script.
Convolutions are magical! The 2d convolution of the state array with the
simple filter [[1 1 1] [1 0 1] [1 1 1]] counts, for all cells, the
number of adjacent 'on' cells. This is exactly the kind of count we need!
The state update rule for Life is then succinctly implemented as follows:
c = convolve2d(a, [[1,1,1],[1,0,1],[1,1,1]], mode='same', boundary='wrap')
a = (a & (c == 2)) | (c == 3)
- Add multiple colours for newborn, stable, and recently dead cells.
- Try fitting many more cells on the screen by using Braille glyphs.
Made with 💜 by Matt