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 # GameOfLife
 My Conway's Game of Life project
 
+## A little bit about the game  
+If you have never heard of the "Game of Life", developed by John Conway in the  
+early 70's I suggest that you check out the wikepedia page listed here:
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life
 ***Not optimized yet***  
 This is just a little side project to work on optimization skills and mess around with different patterns in Conway's Game of Life.