/// <summary>
/// Processes the board through a new generation.
/// </summary>
public LifePoint[,] GetAndUpdateNewGeneration()
{
// create a new board
var newBoard = new LifePoint[_xCount, _yCount];
// loop through the old list
for (var x = 0; x < _gameBoard.GetLength(0); x++)
{
for (var y = 0; y < _gameBoard.GetLength(1); y++)
{
var lifePoint = _gameBoard[x, y];
var isAlive = lifePoint.GetNextGenerationResult();
var point = lifePoint.Point;
var boardPoint = new LifePoint(this, new Point(x, y), isAlive);
newBoard[x, y] = boardPoint;
}
}
// update the board
_gameBoard = newBoard;
// return the new board!
return(newBoard);
}
/// <summary>
/// Initialise the GameBoard.
/// </summary>
private void InitialiseGameBoard()
{
_gameBoard = new LifePoint[_xCount, _yCount];
for (var x = 0; x < _xCount; x++)
{
for (var y = 0; y < _yCount; y++)
{
var point = new LifePoint(this, new Point(x, y));
_gameBoard[x, y] = point;
}
}
}