Here is my attempt to unlock the power of Unity DOTS starting from rules as simple as fascinating: Conway's Game of Life!

This project was created as a submission to Unity DOTS Community Challenge #1, hosted by Turbo Makes Games.

You can find the repository and info about development here.

Instructions

A first simulation will start with default options.

Setup

Insert any value for the width and the height, then press Spawn to resize the grid.

All cells start as dead: press Randomize to set a random state.

You can press Randomize at any time to start a new simulation from scratch.

Simulation

The Execute dropdown let choose among progressive levels of optimization.

• Main Thread: all the simulation is performed by the main thread.
• Single Threaded Job: the simulation runs in an IJobEntity job, scheduled to run sequentally.
• Parallel Job: the simulation runs in an IJobEntity job, scheduled for parallel execution.

 Tick represents the delay in seconds between generations. If you want to distinctly see each generation update, set a higher value like 0.5 or 1 second. A value of 0 means that generations change every frame.

There is a Play/Pause button to stop and resume the simulation.

FPS, RAM and Info options toggle some benchmark utilities.