make build
./life
By default this will run the program with no cells filled in.
If you want to fill in a cell, you have three different shapes you can use:
- Acorn
- Glider
- Square
You use a flag bearing the same name as the target shape and then you specify the x and y coordinates as the next two arguments after the shape name.
Here's an example:
./life --glider 20 25
./life --acorn 10 35
They can also be combined to spawn multiple shapes on the same board.
./life --acorn 10 35 --square 0 0