ncurses-gameoflife/main.c

#include <ncurses.h>
// Delay and timing.
#include <unistd.h>
#include <time.h>
// math
#include <math.h>
// game
#include "game.h"


int main()
{ 
	// init 
	initscr();
	raw();
	noecho();
	// Colors
	// allows for transparancy when color values in init_pair(); are set to -1 or, no pair specified
	// e.g init_pair(1, COLOR_WHITE, -1) would be transparent background but white text
	use_default_colors();
	start_color();
	// cell
	init_pair(1, COLOR_BLUE, COLOR_WHITE);
	// text
	init_pair(2, COLOR_YELLOW, -1);
	// cursor
	init_pair(3, COLOR_RED, COLOR_RED);
	// doesn't wait for user to input.
	// timeout(100) waits for 100ms for input.
	timeout(0); 	
	curs_set(FALSE);

	// framerate of the game 
	const int FRAME_RATE = 30;
	const float FRAME_TIME = 1.f/(float)FRAME_RATE;

	initGame();

	float t = 0;
	while (isRunning()) {
		clock_t start_t = clock();
		char ch = getch();

		handleInput(ch);

		drawGame();
		drawLastPressed(ch);
		drawCurPos();

		refresh();
		
		updateGame();

		usleep(pow(10,6)*(FRAME_TIME-t));
		float t = (float) (clock()-start_t) / (float) CLOCKS_PER_SEC;

	}

	endwin();
	return 0;
}