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1. Download and install Python 2.7
2. Download and install the latest copy of PyGame
3. Run > python main

The game of life has 4 basic rules:

1. Any live cell with fewer than two live neighbors dies, as if caused by under-population
2. Any live cell with two or three live neighbors lives on to the next generation
3. Any live cell with more than three live neighbors dies, as if by overcrowding
4. Any dead cell with exactly three live neighbors becomes a live cell, as if by reproduction (or resurrection in our case)

While the game is paused pressing shift will enter into shape select mode (the board game will change to a light blue). In this mode right + click any two blocks to draw a box around a particular cell generation. Clicking save while in shape select mode will save just the particular region.

While in shape select mode clicking on load will load a shape and allow you to drop it anywhere on the screen with a left + click

Pressing middle + click will clear the shape select mode unloading the shape and clearing the highlight from the screen

This is a simple python implementation of the classic Game of Life or Life. Please feel free to experiment with the code and make any changes. I do plan to add some more features/functionality in the future.

• Save entire board
• Load board
• Save shapes
• Load shapes
• shape library
• Step through generations
• Game grid size
• Better configuration settings (rendering speed mostly)
• Random pattern generation

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