# Conway's Game of Life

A simple implementation of Conway's Game of Life, built with vanilla JS and a canvas element.

## Features

- Play/pause, step one generation, clear, randomize
- Draw or erase cells by clicking and dragging
- Speed and zoom sliders
- Preset patterns: block, blinker, toad, beacon, glider, LWSS, pulsar, Gosper glider gun
- Fixed edges or toroidal wrapping
- Grid toggle, generation counter, live-cell counter
- Import/export board as JSON or compact text
- Dark/light theme
- Keyboard shortcuts

## Running locally

No build step, just static files.

```bash
git clone https://gitea.nalakath.org/aman/conways-game-of-life.git
cd conways-game-of-life
python3 -m http.server 8080
```

Open `http://localhost:8080`.

## Deploying (WIP)

**Nginx / Caddy, serving the repo directly**

```nginx
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name life.example.com;
    root /srv/www/conway_gameoflife;
    index index.html;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
    }
}
```

```
life.example.com {
    root * /srv/www/conway_gameoflife
    file_server
    try_files {path} /index.html
}
```

**Gitea Actions**, copying files to a server path or object storage. There's a basic `ci.yml` in `.gitea/workflows/` that checks required files exist and that the JS is syntactically valid. Extend it for your own deploy target.

All paths are relative (`./style.css`, `./js/app.js`), so it works at the domain root or under a subpath like `/apps/life/`. Keep `index.html`, `style.css`, and `js/` together.

## Ideas for later

- Infinite canvas with panning
- Better touch controls for mobile
- Rotate/mirror patterns before stamping