Dear all,

It's a pleasure to announce the immediate availability of version 3.00 of
!GoL - the Game of Life for RISC OS.

Version 3.00 definitely is a step forward towards maturity. A grid as large
as 2,000 x 2,000 squares can now be zoomed in and out, which is made
possible by a smooth scroll implementation. There's no speed penalty: a different approach enables a massive speed increase, no matter how large
the grid is.

Here's a short list of some of the improvements:
- RLE file format is implemented and is now the native format.
- Extended keyboard control, most operations work on the fly.
- Speed regulation.
- Scroll wheel support, for scrolling, zooming in and out, and speed
control.
- Embedded comments get displayed in a separate pane.
- Continuous painting and deleting of cells.
- Better memory control.

And last but not least: nearly 3,000 (!) of predefined shapes, many of
which are really stunning, such as the so-called Turing Machine.
Because of this, the zip file is 5.7 Mb.

Download from:
http://riscos.sprie.nl/sprang.riscos/Pages/GameLife.html


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The Game of Life is an invention of the British mathematician James Conway.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life

Kind regards,
Paul Sprangers

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