public void Start() // Setting up the matrix and all initial parameters
{
var matrixSize = Console.ReadLine().Split(", ");
Width = int.Parse(matrixSize[0]);
Height = int.Parse(matrixSize[1]);
Matrix = MatrixHelperMethods.CreateMatrix(Width, Height); // Creating the matrix with the size input parameters
var startParams = Console.ReadLine().Split(", "); // Setting up the target cell and number of generations to count
X1 = int.Parse(startParams[0]);
Y1 = int.Parse(startParams[1]);
MaxGenerations = int.Parse(startParams[2]);
}
public void Play() // Executes the game logic
{
if (Matrix[Y1, X1] == 1) // Generation zero-only green check
{
GreenCounter++;
}
int[,] nextGenMatrix = Matrix.Clone() as int[, ]; // Another matrix to store the values for the next generation.
// Cloned, so that only values are copied, not the reference.
int generationCounter = 0;
while (generationCounter <= MaxGenerations) // Main flow of the game - iterating through each generation,
// applying the specified rules and forming the next-gen matrix
{
for (int row = 0; row < Height; row++)
{
for (int column = 0; column < Width; column++)
{
if (Matrix[row, column] == 0)
{
nextGenMatrix[row, column] = MatrixHelperMethods.RedRule(Matrix, column, row); // If the cell is red, applies red rules
}
else
{
nextGenMatrix[row, column] = MatrixHelperMethods.GreenRule(Matrix, column, row); // Else, it is green, so the green rules are applied
}
}
}
if (Matrix[Y1, X1] == 1) // Counting each occurrence of a target cell being green
{
GreenCounter++;
}
Matrix = nextGenMatrix.Clone() as int[, ]; // The next-gen matrix becomes the current-gen matrix to iterate through
generationCounter++;
}
}
