An implementation of Conway's Game of Life for the Nintendo Switch

• Unzip [release].zip, copy switch/ to the root of your SD card.
• Set nxcgol.config.txt, explained below.
• Launch the application from HB menu.

Key	Type	Description
simulation_speed	int	Between 0 and 100 (percent). Default: 80
starting_density	int	Between 0 and 100. The amount of cells to spawn in a new colony. Default: 100
show_stats	bool	Either true or false. The last line of the console will display controls, the current generation and the current colony number. Default: true
auto_restart	bool	Either true or false. Start a new colony when the current one has stagnated. Default: true
stagnant_wait	int	Between 1 and 1000. Wait this amount of generations to start a new colony after the current one has stagnated. Default: 100
colorful	bool	Either true or false. Use the colors, as below, to show the state of each cell, else, use black background and white cells. Default: true
stable_color	str R,G,B	Stable cells/patterns Default:
growth_color	str R,G,B	Patterns increase in size/complexity over time Default:
dense_color	str R,G,B	Region/pattern with high concentration of live cells Default:
sparce_color	str R,G,B	Region with few live cells Default:

• Install devkitpro with switch-dev, switch-curl and switch-zlib using the Getting Started guide. For building releases you will need zip.
• Clone https://github.com/tbwcjw/nxcgol.git.
• Copy nxcgol.sample.txt to nxcgol.config.txt and fill in the fields^*.
• make (all) - build the application and generate a release.
  make build - build the application.
  make release - builds and generate a release.
  make clean - removes build/build data. does not remove releases
• Use NXLink to send application.nro and fptd to send the nxcgol.config.txt, ensuring it is in the same directory as application.nro.