import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import java.awt.image.*; import javax.swing.*; import java.util.*; public class GameOfLife extends JFrame implements Runnable, MouseListener { private static final Dimension WindowSize = new Dimension(800, 800); private BufferStrategy strategy; private static boolean isGraphicsInitialised = false; private boolean gameState[][][] = new boolean[40][40][2]; private static boolean isPlaying = false; public GameOfLife() { setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); // display the window. centred on the screen Dimension screensize = java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize(); int x = screensize.width/2 - WindowSize.width/2; int y = screensize.height/2 - WindowSize.height/2; setBounds(x, y, WindowSize.width, WindowSize.height); setVisible(true); createBufferStrategy(2); strategy = getBufferStrategy(); // create a new thread & start it Thread t = new Thread(this); t.start(); // adding mouse listener addMouseListener(this); isGraphicsInitialised = true; } // entry point of the application public static void main(String[] args) { GameOfLife game = new GameOfLife(); } public void run() { while (true) { // repainting try { this.repaint(); Thread.sleep(200); } catch (InterruptedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } } // application's paint method public void paint(Graphics g) { // making sure that the graphics are initialised before painting if (isGraphicsInitialised) { g = strategy.getDrawGraphics(); // draw a white rectangle on the whole canvas g.setColor(Color.BLACK); g.fillRect(0, 0, WindowSize.width, WindowSize.height); // looping through the gameState array for (int i = 0; i < 40; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < 40; j++) { // drawing a white square if true if (gameState[i][j][0]) { g.setColor(Color.WHITE); g.fillRect(i * 20, j * 20, 20, 20); } } } if (isPlaying) { for (int x = 0; x < 40; x++) { for (int y = 0; y < 40; y++) { // count the live neighbours of cell [x][y][0] int numLiveNeighbours = 0; for (int xx = -1 ; xx <= 1; xx++) { for (int yy = -1; yy <= 1; yy++) { if (xx != 0 || yy != 0) { // check cell [x+xx][y+yy][0] // if x+xx or y+yy is out of bounds, getting the inverse of it modulo 40 int newX = (x+xx >= 0) ? (x+xx) % 40 : 40 + x+xx; int newY = (y+yy >= 0) ? (y+yy) % 40 : 40 + y+yy; if (gameState[newX][newY][0]) { numLiveNeighbours++; } } } } // killing the cell if it is alive and has fewer than two live neighbours or greater than 3 live neighbours if (gameState[x][y][0] && (numLiveNeighbours < 2 || numLiveNeighbours > 3)) { gameState[x][y][1] = false; } // bringing the cell back to life it is dead and has exactly 3 live neighbours else if (!gameState[x][y][0] && numLiveNeighbours == 3) { gameState[x][y][1] = true; } } } // making the "front buffer" equal to the "back buffer" for (int x = 0; x < 40; x++) { for (int y = 0; y < 40; y++) { gameState[x][y][0] = gameState[x][y][1]; } } } // if the game is not being played, drawing the buttons else { Font f = new Font("Times", Font.PLAIN, 12); g.setFont(f); FontMetrics fm = getFontMetrics(f); // drawing the two buttons g.setColor(Color.GREEN); g.fillRect(20, 20, 60, 20); g.fillRect(100, 20, 60, 20); g.setColor(Color.BLACK); g.drawString("Start", 35, 35); g.drawString("Random", 105, 35); } strategy.show(); } } public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) { } public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) { } public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) { } public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) { } // mouse click event public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) { // if (!isPlaying) { // if start button was pressed, switching to the playing game state if ((e.getX() >= 20 && e.getX() <= 80) && (e.getY() >= 20 && e.getY() <= 40)) { isPlaying = true; } // else if the random button was pressed, calling the random method else if ((e.getX() >= 100 && e.getX() <= 160) && (e.getY() >= 20 && e.getY() <= 40)) { random(); } // else, setting the clicked square to true (white) else { // setting boolean corresponding to the square that was clicked to true gameState[(int) Math.floor(e.getX() / 20)][(int) Math.floor(e.getY() / 20)][0] = true; } // } } // method to generate a random starting state public void random() { // looping through the gameState array for (int i = 0; i < 40; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < 40; j++) { // setting the square to alive with a probability of 1 in 10 if (((int) (Math.random() * 10)) == 1) { gameState[i][j][0] = true; } } } } }