Added pause/unpause feature and click on cells to change status.

src/gameoflife/Cell.java

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package gameoflife;
 
 import javafx.scene.shape.Rectangle;
+import javafx.event.EventHandler;
+import javafx.scene.input.MouseEvent;
 import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
 
 public class Cell extends Rectangle{
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@ public class Cell extends Rectangle{
     }
     private Status status;
     private boolean aliveNextCycle, deadNextCycle;
+    private int xLocation, yLocation;
     public Cell(Double width, Double height, int x, int y){
         setWidth(width);
         setHeight(height);
@@ -16,6 +19,18 @@ public class Cell extends Rectangle{
         setStatus(Status.DEAD);
         aliveNextCycle = false;
         deadNextCycle = false;
+        xLocation = x;
+        yLocation = y;
+        setOnMousePressed(new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
+            public void handle(MouseEvent me) {
+            	if(getStatus() == Status.DEAD) {
+            		setStatus(Status.ALIVE);
+            	}
+            	else {
+            		setStatus(Status.DEAD);
+            	}
+            }
+        });
     }
 
     public Status getStatus(){
@@ -59,4 +74,12 @@ public class Cell extends Rectangle{
     public void makeDeadNextCycle(boolean deadNextCycle){
         this.deadNextCycle = deadNextCycle;
     }
+    
+    public int getXLocation() {
+    	return xLocation;
+    }
+    
+    public int getYLocation() {
+    	return yLocation;
+    }
 }

src/gameoflife/GameOfLife.java

@@ -4,32 +4,30 @@ import javafx.application.Application;
 import javafx.scene.Scene;
 import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane;
 import javafx.stage.Stage;
-import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
 import javafx.geometry.Pos;
+import javafx.scene.control.Button;
 import javafx.animation.AnimationTimer;
 
 public class GameOfLife extends Application{
     private static Cell[][] cells;
+    private static boolean pause;
     @Override
     public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
-        cells = new Cell[320][170];
+    	pause = true;
-
+        cells = new Cell[64][64];
+        Button button = new Button("Resume/Pause");
+        button.setOnAction(event->{
+        	pause = !pause;
+        });
         GridPane root = new GridPane();
         root.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER);
         for(int i = 0; i < cells.length; i++){
             for(int j = 0; j < cells[i].length; j++){
-                cells[i][j] = new Cell((double)5,(double)5, i, j);
+                cells[i][j] = new Cell((double)10,(double)10, i, j);
                 root.add(cells[i][j], i, j);
             }
         }
-        //Gun 1
+        root.add(button, cells.length, cells[cells.length-1].length);
-        staticLifeCreator();
-
-
-       //Gosper Glider Gun
-       gosperGliderGun();
-
-
         
         Scene scene = new Scene(root);
         primaryStage.setTitle("Conway's Game of Life");
@@ -39,6 +37,7 @@ public class GameOfLife extends Application{
         new AnimationTimer(){
             @Override
             public void handle(long currentNanoTime){
+            	if(!pause) {
 	                for(int i = 0; i< cells.length; i++){
 	                    for(int j = 0; j < cells[i].length; j++){
 	                        checkRules(i,j);
@@ -49,12 +48,13 @@ public class GameOfLife extends Application{
 	                        cells[i][j].updateStatus();
 	                    }
 	                }
-                try{Thread.sleep(75);}
+	                try {Thread.sleep(50);}
 	                catch(Exception e) {}
             	}
+            }
         }.start();
     }
-    //Works Correctly
+    
     public void checkRules(int x, int y){
         int aliveNeighbors = 0;
         for(int i = y-1; i <= y + 1; i++){
@@ -87,65 +87,6 @@ public class GameOfLife extends Application{
         }
     }
 
-    public void gosperGliderGun(){
-        cells[1][5+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[1][6+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[2][5+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[2][6+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[14][3+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[13][3+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[12][4+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[11][5+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[11][6+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[11][7+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[12][8+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[13][9+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[14][9+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[15][6+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[16][4+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[17][5+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[17][6+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[18][6+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[17][7+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[16][8+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[21][3+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[21][4+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[21][5+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[22][3+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[22][4+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[22][5+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[23][2+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[23][6+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[25][1+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[25][2+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[25][6+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[25][7+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[35][3+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[35][4+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[36][3+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-        cells[36][4+2].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-    }
-
-    public void staticLifeCreator(){
-        for(int i = 0; i < 64; i++){
-            if(i>= 17 && i <= 24){
-                cells[i][64].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-            }
-            if(i>= 26 && i <= 30){
-                cells[i][64].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-            }
-            if(i>= 34 && i <= 36){
-                cells[i][64].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-            }
-            if(i>= 43 && i <= 49){
-                cells[i][64].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-            }
-            if(i>= 51 && i <= 55){
-                cells[i][64].setStatus(Cell.Status.ALIVE);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     public static void main(String[] args){
         launch(args);
     }