I am adding this to my website now: previously I didn't add it to my website because it was in an incomplete/shoddy state. Meaning, the drawing functionality was lacking, it wasn't as fast as it could have been, and more. Around ~2 days of development time in my free time, I revisited this to make improvements.
The main improvements are:
Rayon for parallelization
Other speed improvements (WASM optimization flags, general algorithm changes, different way to render images on screen, etc.)
Aesthetic improvements (user can select colors, select options, etc.)
Ability to import/export states (because why not, its fun)
(Nov 6, 2023) Overview:
I am writing this in 2024, so I can't relay my exact 2023 thoughts. However, I was trying to learn web-assembly so what better way to do that than to implement Conways Game of Life! The implementation is simple, but lacking in features. Took me about 1 day to implement this and get it working.
Conways Game of Life
Good things:
Click to draw + erase (toggle cells)
Is resizable!
Can import/export game states!
Is very fast! Try reducing the cell size + increasing the window size
Not-so-good things:
Mobile loading of initial `glider.bin` is inconsistent. Not worth the effort to debug.
Resizing and changing cell size will result in a new board/game/map, randomly filled!! This is intentional, but would be nice if there were alternatives. Also not worth the effort
