LIFE_OPEN_GL
Conway's Game of Life, OpenGL Implementation

LIFE_OPEN_GL is a C program, using GLfloat arithmetic, which implements John Conway's Game of Life, presenting the evolution graphically, using OpenGL.

OpenGL on Macintosh OS X

OpenGL ships with OS9 and OSX for the Macintosh. You can obtain the latest software version on the Apple OpenGL web site.

Note that the source code and compilation script have been adapted for use on a Macintosh running OS X.

For that reason, the include file references have been changed from:

        # include <GL/gl.h>
        # include <GL/glu.h>
        # include <GL/glut.h>
      

        # include <OpenGL/gl.h>
        # include <OpenGL/glu.h>
        # include <GLUT/glut.h>
      

The compilation statement, which might ordinarily be

        gcc life_open_gl.c -lGL -lGLU -lglut 
      

        gcc life_open_gl.c -framework OpenGL -framework GLUT
      

Author:

Simon Green

Related Data and Programs:

FLOOD_OPEN_GL is a C program which allows a user to select a region and flood it with color, using OpenGL, by Art Wetzel.

OPEN_GL is a C example directory which demonstrates the use of OpenGL for graphics applications.

Reference:

• Martin Gardner,
  Mathematical Games: The Fantastic Combinations of John Conway's new solitaire game "Life",
  Scientific American,
  Volume 223, Number 4, October 1970, pages 120-123.
• Mason Woo, Jackie Neider, Tom Davis,
  OpenGL Programming Guide,
  Addison-Wesley, 1997,
  ISBN: 0-201-46138-2,
  LC: T385.N435.

Source Code:

• life_open_gl.c, the source code;
• life_open_gl.csh, commands to compile and load the source code;

List of Routines:

• CHECKERRORS ???
• DRAWPATTERN ???
• DRAWQUAD ???
• GENERATION ???.
• DISPLAY ???.
• IDLE ???.
• RESHAPE ???.
• KEY ???.
• INITGL initializes OpenGL.
• MAIN is the main program for LIFE_OPEN_GL.

You can go up one level to the C source codes.