Coding Challenge #85: The Game of Life

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Published on December 11, 2017 2:17:02 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWSR_7kZuYg

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In this coding challenge, I attempt to code Conway’s Game of Life cellular automata simulation in JavaScript using the p5.js library. Code: https://thecodingtrain.com/challenges/85-the-game-of-life

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References:
🗄 Conway's Game of Life on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life
📓 Mathematical Games: http://www.ibiblio.org/lifepatterns/october1970.html

Videos:
🚂 My Video on The Game of Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tENSCEO-LEc
🚂 2D Arrays in JavaScript: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTNpiLUSiB4
🚂 The Modulo Operator with Golan Levin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5Iy3v1co0A
🔴 Coding Train Live 108: https://youtu.be/U8S1qDjIE2Yt=8518s

Related Coding Challenges:
🚂 #89 Langton's Ant: https://youtu.be/G1EgjgMo48U
🚂 #107 Sandpiles: https://youtu.be/diGjw5tghYU
🚂 #102 2D Water Ripple: https://youtu.be/BZUdGqeOD0w

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:00 Generations
7:18 make2DArray()
17:20 Compute Next Generation
21:19 countNeighbors()
23:14 Deal with Edges
25:44 Implement Rules
30:00 Implement Wraparound with Modulus
36:13 Variations

Editing by Mathieu Blanchette
Animations by Jason Heglund
Music from Epidemic Sound

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