Game of Life Web

A lightweight, interactive implementation of Conway’s Game of Life for the browser — built with Rust, compiled to WebAssembly, and enhanced with modern UI and customization features.

Live Demo

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Features

• Supports custom rules in B/S format (e.g., B3/S23)

• Adjustable neighbor mask — define which of the 25 surrounding cells are counted

• Responsive canvas with configurable width and height

• Several field encoding formats: v1, v2, and compact v3 (Base62)

• Copy/export tools:

  • Copy field template
  • Copy sharable URL (preserves state)

• Built-in tooltips and modals with Markdown-powered tutorials

• No external dependencies or backend — pure static site

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Technologies

• Rust with wasm-pack for WebAssembly
• JavaScript UI glue logic
• Static site hosted on GitHub Pages
• Markdown-based contextual help for each control

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Project Structure

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├── index.html             # Main HTML entry point
├── css/                   # Styling (modularized)
├── js/                    # Core JS logic, canvas, events
├── help/                  # Markdown-based help content
├── src/                   # Game of life logic on Rust
└── pkg/                   # WASM output from Rust

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Running Locally

To run the project locally after cloning:

1. Install Rust and wasm-pack (if not already installed):

   cargo install wasm-pack

2. Build the WebAssembly package:

   wasm-pack build --target web --out-dir pkg --release

3. Serve the project root with a static server (e.g. using npx serve):

   npx serve .

   or

   python3 -m http.server

Then open the provided local address (e.g. http://localhost:8000) in your browser.

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Roadmap

• Fullscreen mode with navigation controls
• Embedded visual editor
• Pattern gallery and examples
• Zoom, pan, and advanced canvas controls