tomnwright/game-of-life

Icosicon GoLE (Game of Life Engine)

Game Of Life

• Minimalistic Game of Life Engine FOR WINDOWS ONLY
• Developed by Tom Wright at Icosicon

##Getting Started

Here's how to get started with the Icosicon Game of Life Engine

###Download Download an installer for the latest version of GoLE; Choose either an executable installer or (installers incomplete) a zipped folder (either x86 or x64 depending on your system)

###Installing Using Zipped Folder

1. Locate the downloaded zipped folder
2. Extract the files to wherever's convenient (we recommend C:/Program Files)*
3. Run Game of Life.exe to boot up the program
4. If you want to, create a shortcut to Game of Life.exe on your desktop (C:\Users\user\Desktop\) and/or start menu (C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\)

*GoLE can be used as a portable application provided the architecture (x86/x64) is correct for the system in use

###Installing Using Installer

1. Locate the downloaded installer application
2. Run the installer application and grant necessary permissions
3. Follow the installer application through various steps to install GoLE

• Customization of shortcuts and output folders is available

4. If you chose to add a start menu (off by default) or desktop shortcut (off by default) use these to run the main executable
5. If not, navigate to the folder in which you chose to install the program, and run Game of Life.exe to boot up GoLE

(installers incomplete)

##Documentation The interface can be daunting at first but all is not lost:

1. Open the information window by right clicking the settings button; click on the right-hand panel to scroll through the tutorial
2. Read up on the documentation supplied (Documentation incomplete)

game-of-life's Issues

Glitching when dragging

When the frame-advance sub-window pops up, once the frame-advance button has been right-clicked, if a user attempts to drag this window, it appears to "jitter" over the screen. ;)