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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 and Windows***
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* You can download Java 8 here: [JAVA 8 JRE](https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downloads-2133155.html)
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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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[Game of Life](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.)**
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4. **Run the run.bat file (This is how you will access the game from now on. Steps
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1-3 no longer needed)**
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### Manually Start
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1. **Download Repository**
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2. **Open command prompt and navigate to repository folder**
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3. **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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> **cd ..**
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> **java -jar /GameOfLife.jar**
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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 follow steps 1-2 and enter the following command:**
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> **java -jar /GameOfLife.jar**
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## Using the Application
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**What can you do in the application?**
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* Click the start button to start time
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![alt text](./pictures/stop-example.png
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* You can click on a square to make it "alive cells"(Black squares) or "dead cells"(White squares)
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![alt text](./pictures/alive_cell-example.png ![](./pictures/dead_cell-example.png
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