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# GameOfLife
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The program I have created is a clone I made from the ground up of the popular
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Conway's Game of Life game.
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***Please Note The Following:***
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* This is just a little side project to work on my optimization skills and mess
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around with different patterns in Conway's Game of Life.
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* ***IMPORTANT: Requires Java 8***
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## A little bit about the game
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If you have never heard of the "Game of Life", developed by John Conway in the
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early 70's I suggest that you check out the wikepedia page listed here:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life. It is a fun little game
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that replicates cell automation. Below I will list some fun patterns to get you
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started.
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## Patterns
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### Still Patterns
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### Oscillating Patterns
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### Spaceship Patterns *(AKA - Patterns that move on their own)*
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### *These are not all the possible patterns but a few ones that are used alot*
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## To Run
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### QuickStart
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1. **Download Repository**
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2. **Open Repository folder**
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3. **Run the first-start.bat file (This step only necessary once. Afterwards
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just run theGameOfLife.jar file that is created in the directory)**
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4. **After doing steps 1-3 the game should have already ran once. The next times
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that you wish to run the game just run the GameOfLife.jar that has now been
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created in the base directory. **
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Enter the following commands:
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> cd gameoflife
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> javac GameOfLife.java
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> javac Main.java
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> jar cmvf manifest.mf GameOfLife.jar ./\*.java ./\*.class
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> java -jar GameOfLife.jar
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Step 4 : *Have fun using my Conway's Game of Life Program!!!*
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