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Crepuscular Life 2.0 - OpenGL screensaver runs Conway (Free)

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Crepuscular Life 2.0

Crepuscular Life is a free, interactive OpenGL screensaver which runs John Conway’s Game of Life at full display resolution.

Features:

  • Keeps the board in motion by regularly spawning spaceships
  • User can change the game speed & cell count while saver runs
  • Preserves the board state between runs
  • Optimized for multiple processors/cores
  • Supports multiple displays, each with its own settings & controls

WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.0:
  • Multithreaded for better performance on multiple processors/cores
  • Text overlays for displaying status & info
  • Key commands to change game speed, cell count, and overlay visibility while the screensaver runs
  • Option to preserve board state between runs
  • Support for multiple displays with per-monitor settings & key commands
  • Framerate now accurately matches the speed setting and warns when too slow
  • Added “Lightweight Spaceship” spawn pattern
  • Option to spawn only at board edges
  • Option to select initial population density
  • Option to reset the board after reaching a maximum generation count
  • Compatible with OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

REQUIREMENTS
OS X 10.3 Panther or later

PRICE
Free

DEVELOPER

DOWNLOADS
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