This is my implementation of Conway's Game of Life.

On any Unix-like platform, run dotnet build in the source directory with .NET Core to build. On Windows, open GameOfLife.sln in Visual Studio and hit Ctrl+Shift+B to build.

• Q: quit
• W: move screen up
• S: move screen down
• A: move screen left
• D: move screen right
• -: zoom out/enlarge console
• =/+: zoom in/shrink console (I couldn't make the font smaller)
• Up arrow: increase framerate
• Down arrow: decrease framerate
• Left arrow: go back a frame
• Right arrow: go forward a frame
• Space bar: pause/resume

To specify a starting position among other things, create a config.json file in the executable's working directory. This will let you load a state on startup. For example, to create a beehive:

{
    "InitialState": [
        [ 0, 1 ],
        [ 3, 1 ],
        [ 1, 0 ],
        [ 2, 0 ],
        [ 1, 2 ],
        [ 2, 2 ]
    ]
}

It's also possible to create custom rules. To create a custom rule, create a .NET assembly linked against GameOfLife.dll with a class like so:

using GameOfLife;

namespace MyRuleset
{
    public class MyCustomRuleContainerClass
    {
        // the method must be static AND public
        [CustomRule]
        public static MyCustomRule(BoardController controller, Vector cell)
        {
            // rule code goes here
        }
    }
}

Then, to apply your rule to the game, insert an entry into RulesetAssemblies like specified below:

{
    "InitialState": [
        ...
    ],
    "RulesetAssemblies": [
        "MyRuleset.dll"
    ]
}