Crepuscular Life is a free, interactive OpenGL screensaver which runs Conway’s Game of Life at full display resolution on your Mac's idle screen.
Here are some key features of "Crepuscular Life Screensaver":
· Keeps the board in motion by regularly spawning spaceships
· User can change the speed and cell count while the screensaver runs
· Preserves the board state between runs
· Optimized for multiple processors/cores
· Supports multiple displays, each with its own settings & controls
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· 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
· Frame rate 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