Conway's Game of Life

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life

This is an implementation of Conway's game of life in Python.

Example Grid Layouts

There are two example grid layouts provided, one is a simple oscillator that is also used in the tests, the other (default) is the Gosper Glider Gun which is a fair bit more interesting to watch :-)

Usage

# Usage
game_of_life.py -h

Usage: game_of_life.py [options]

Options:
	-h, --help 			show this help message and exit
	-g GENERATIONS, --generations=GENERATIONS
						Number of Generations to run for
	-s, --showgrid 		Specify whether to show detailed universe grid
	-r RANDOM_SIZE, --randomsize=RANDOM_SIZE
						Build a random Universe of this grid size
	-t TIME_TICK, --timetick=TIME_TICK
						The time interval of generations, in seconds
	-c CHARACTER, --character=CHARACTER
						Character used to display a living cell

# Run with defaults - 50 generations, no detailed grid (only alive cells), # alive cell display character
game_of_life.py

# Run for 200 generations, no detailed grid
game_of_life.py -g 200

# Run for 200 generations, show full grid 
game_of_life.py -g 200 -s

# Run with a randomised Universe of 40x40 cells  
game_of_life.py -r 40

# Run for 50 generations, with 0.5 seconds per generation
game_of_life.py -t 0.5

# Run with a custom alive cell display character
game_of_life.py -c .