Game of Life

The following program contains source code for a game called Game of Life created by John Horton Conway.

The game_of_life.js file contais:

• Usefull class to handle canvas component
• Usefull methods to generate random values
• The class GameOfLife to implement the game

Rules Explanation

Initially, there is a grid with some cells which may be alive or dead. The task is to generate the next generation of cells based on the following rules:

• Any alive cell with fewer than two live neighbors dies, as if caused by under population.
• Any alive cell with two or three live neighbors lives on to the next generation.
• Any alive cell with more than three live neighbors dies, as if by overpopulation.
• Any dead cell with exactly three live neighbors becomes a live cell, as if by reproduction.