Reactor Game

Installation

To install:

Install dependencies:

# Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev

# Arch
sudo pacman -S sdl2 sdl2_ttf

# Mac (requires macports: https://www.macports.org)
sudo port install libsdl2 libsdl2_ttf

And then run make. You will get a binary named reactor that you can run to play the game!

How to Play

Create geometries you want and introduce some neutrons. Physics is all done real-time, and responds instantly as materials are being moved around.

• Add/create materials/objects: drag from toolbar onto main screen.

• Remove/delete materials/objects: drag onto toolbar.

• Create neutron burst: right-click anywhere on the screen.

• Toggle streaming source: right-click on the quadrant of the desired streaming direction.

• Resize materials/objects: Ctrl-click on any material/object and drag.

The top left displays some useful information. The number of neutrons on the screen is displayed. In order to accomodate exploring super-critical configurations, when too many neutrons are on screen (computationally), some are randomly removed. The Power indicator tells you how many neutrons there would have been if none had been artificially removed. The period is a crude indicator of "reactor period" where the entire screen is the reactor. Positive periods indicate growing power, negative for decreasing power. Small periods indicate highly super/sub critical configurations while large periods indicate near-critical (steady state) configurations.