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Game of Life

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• Description:
  • the application simulates the "Game of Life"
  • the game takes place on the grid of constant size
  • each cell in the grid can be either dead or alive
  • the scene evolves in consequent steps; in each step the cells die or are born according to the given rules
  • the rules are sybolised by the sequences of numbers, e.g. "23/3", "235/35", "5678/678", etc.
  • the meaning of the numbers is the following (consider the "23/35" rules):
  • in the next step, the cell stay alive if it has exactly 2 or 3 neighbours, otherwise it dies
  • in the next step a new cell is reborn only if the number of neighbours around it is exactly 3 or 5, otherwise, it stays dead
  • the shade of the cell displayed depends of its age (number of steps it stays alive) - the youger it is, the lighter it is displayed
  • for more information, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life
• Controls:
  • 'Space' key - starts and stops the game
  • keys from '1' up to '8' (with optional 'Shift') - change the game rules (e.g. if we have the "25/46" rule, and press key '3', the rule changes to "235/46"; if we press '3' again, the rule changes back to "25/46"; now, if we press '3' with 'Shift', the rule changes to "25/346"
  • left mouse button - creates or kills the cell under the cursor
• Technical requirements:
  • rectangular, nonresizable window representing a board with equal number of rows and columns
  • the state (Started/Stopped) of the game, and the actual rule displayed in the caption bar

• Approximate points:
  • window properties: 1.0
  • drawing: 2.0
  • game simulation: 3.0
  • creating / killing cells with the mouse: 2.0
  • changing the game rules with the keyboard: 2.0