diff --git a/src/backend/Simulator.java b/src/backend/Simulator.java
index a1dbae7..b9425fe 100644
--- a/src/backend/Simulator.java
+++ b/src/backend/Simulator.java
@@ -213,8 +213,20 @@ public class Simulator extends Thread {
 	 * the simulated world in its present state
 	 */
 	public ArrayList<String> getSaveState() {
-		//TODO : complete method with proper return
-		return null;
+	    ArrayList<String> saveState = new ArrayList<>();
+
+	    for (int y = 0; y < LINE_NUM; y++) {
+	        StringBuilder line = new StringBuilder();
+	        for (int x = 0; x < COL_NUM; x++) {
+	            line.append(grid[x][y]);
+	            if (x < COL_NUM - 1) {
+	                line.append(";");
+	            }
+	        }
+	        saveState.add(line.toString());
+	    }
+
+	    return saveState;
 	}
 	/**
 	 * 
@@ -294,9 +306,12 @@ public class Simulator extends Thread {
 	 * @see loadRule for inverse process
 	 */
 	public ArrayList<String> getRule() {
-		//TODO : complete method with proper return
-		
-		return null;
+	    ArrayList<String> rules = new ArrayList<>();
+	    rules.add("1"); // Rule 1: Any live cell with fewer than two live neighbours dies
+	    rules.add("2;3"); // Rule 2: Any live cell with two or three live neighbours will live
+	    rules.add("4"); // Rule 3: Any live cell with more than three live neighbours dies	    
+	    rules.add("3"); // Rule 4: Any dead cell with exactly three live neighbours becomes alive
+	    return rules;
 	}
 
 	public void loadRule(ArrayList<String> lines) {