# Game of Life Simulation



IMPORTANT: Always start by first loading a world and then loading the rules before starting the simulation.



## Explorations


### Conway World Exploration
1. Simkin Glider Gun
- Behavior: The Simkin Glider Gun is a pattern that periodically generates gliders. It is more compact than the Gosper Glider Gun as it is composed of 6 squares and a small shape. It seems more efficient  as it creates a glider that goes downward and then another one that goes upward, making it an interesting alternative. 
It is saved as simkin_glider_gun.csv in examples\World


### Blob Rule Exploration
1. Blob Rule "S" Pattern
- Behavior: The "S" pattern is designed to alternate between two states infinitely, looking like the shape of the letter "S". Each state transition creates a distinct visual pattern, contributing to the dynamism and complexity of the simulation under the blob rule.
It is saved as s_blobrule.csv in examples\World


### HighLife Rule Exploration

#### Functionning: The cell survives if it has 2 or 3 neighbors and a new cell is born  if it has 3 or 6 neighbors.
It is saved as HighLife.csv in examples\Rule

#### Pattern: The Replicator
- Behavior: This pattern replicates itself after 12 generations.
It is saved as HighLife_Replicator.csv in examples\World


### Discovery by mystake:
We implemented the HighLife Rule in the opposite way: The cell survives if it has 3 or 6 neighbors and a new cell is born  if it has 2 or 3 neighbors.
It ended in a rule that make pattern grow symetricaly and infinitely in the grid, even by starting with small patterns. It is really nice to watch and it is an interesting discovery.
The rule is saved as HighLife_Opposite.csv in examples\Rule

#### Pattern:
To show you the power of life with this rule, we created to small patterns, a 2 by 2 square and a 2 point pattern.
They are saved as HL_O_square.csv and HL_O_doublepoints.csv in examples\World



## Known Issues
- Loading and saving agents is not working as we didn't implemented agents yet.
- If you launch a simulation, then click on toggle click and finally click on cells on the grid, it will add small white sheeps in each cell but then if you start the simulation, nothing will happen as the simulation will not work.

## Credits
This project was developed by Yohan Mirabel and Victor Zab<61> for Multi-Agent Project in Object-Oriented Programming course.