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ConwaysGameOfLife

An implementation of Conway's Game of Life written in Java.

This was written as a way to simulate Conway's Game of Life. It follows the original rules of the game that can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life

Running the program

You can compile from the source code by executing command
javac MainFrame.java
from the directory containing the code. Run with command:
java MainFrame

Alternatively, you can download the JAR file and run that.

How To Play

  1. Click the cells of the grid to spawn cells and create some initial configuration
  2. Choose your speed from the dropdown menu
  3. Push Start to begin the simulation.
  4. You can pause/resume the simulation at any point.
  5. Pushing the reset button will stop the simulation and clear the grid.