In Parts 1 and 2 of the OpenGL with Go Tutorial we learned how to draw shapes and created a grid that will act as our game board. Now it's time to implement Conway's Game of Life and see some simulations!

In Part 2 of the OpenGL with Go Tutorial we pick up with the triangle we left off with, and make a square out of two triangles. Then, we make an entire grid of squares to act as our game board.

OpenGL is pretty much the gold standard for any kind of graphics work, from desktop GUIs to games to mobile applications and even the web, I can almost guarantee you’ve viewed something rendered by OpenGL today. However, regardless of how popular and useful OpenGL is, it can be quite intimidating to get started compared to more high-level graphics libraries. The purpose of this tutorial is to give you a starting point and basic understanding of OpenGL, and how to utilize it with Go. There are bindings for OpenGL in just about every language and Go is no exception with the go-gl packages, a full suite of generated OpenGL bindings for various OpenGL versions.