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(Game Showcase) Conway's Game of Life in Unreal Engine 4
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Description

Game

This project implements Conway's Game of Life in UE4. It allows the player to initially select which cells are alive/dead, and then simulates the cell's life according to a list of pre-defined rules.

Challenges overcome in this game

  • Creating render targets via BP. Description.
  • Drawing to render targets via BP.
  • Psuedo 2d arrays in UE4 BP.
  • Using nearest-neighbor filtering mode for textures. Description.
  • Dynamic widget creation and placement in BP.

What I would change if I did it again

  • Allow the player to pick the world size. Currently, the world size is dynamic within the BP by a couple of variables. However, it would improve the game to allow the player to select the size when they create the world.
  • Improve drawing perfocmance by using C++ instead of BP.

More Screenshots:

pre-simulation menu

Menu

level blueprint

Blueprint

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Hey nice work! Is the code open source?

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