Game of Life program written in Java. Supports an infinitely expanding grid.

Runs the Glider Gun pattern by default. The config file for cell patterns can be found in:

• src/main/java/resources/

O denotes a life cell while . denotes a dead cell.

• Drawing might not work properly on non-UNIX systems.

• Java 11 (OpenJDK)
• Gradle 5.2.1
• JUnit 4 ​

........................................................
..................................O.....................
................................O.O.....................
......................OO......OO............OO..........
.....................O...O....OO............OO..........
..........OO........O.....O...OO........................
..........OO........O...O.OO....O.O.....................
....................O.....O.......O.....................
.....................O...O..............................
......................OO................................
........................................................

./gradlew check

./gradlew --console plain run

Executing the above command will run game of life with the default glider gun cell pattern.

./gradlew --console plain run --args="[FILE_NAME]"

Place your custom cell configuration file within the src/main/java/resources/ directory, following the above defined cell pattern format.

For instance, to run a custom toad.txt file:

• Place the toad.txt file within the src/main/java/resources/ directory
• Execute: ./gradlew --console plain run --args="toad.txt"