private static Board CalculateNextGeneration(Board board)
{
var rows = board.Grid.Count;
var columns = board.Grid[0].Length;
var nextGenerationBoard = BoardFactory.Create(rows, columns, 0);
// Loop through every cell
for (var row = 1; row < rows - 1; row++)
{
for (var column = 1; column < columns - 1; column++)
{
// find your alive neighbors
var aliveNeighbors = 0;
for (var i = -1; i <= 1; i++)
{
for (var j = -1; j <= 1; j++)
{
aliveNeighbors += board[row + i, column + j] ? 1 : 0;
}
}
var currentCell = board[row, column];
// The cell needs to be subtracted
// from its neighbors as it was
// counted before
aliveNeighbors -= currentCell ? 1 : 0;
// Implementing the Rules of Life
// Cell is lonely and dies
if (currentCell && aliveNeighbors < 2)
{
nextGenerationBoard[row, column] = false;
}
// Cell dies due to over population
else if (currentCell == aliveNeighbors > 3)
{
nextGenerationBoard[row, column] = false;
}
// A new cell is born
else if (currentCell == false && aliveNeighbors == 3)
{
nextGenerationBoard[row, column] = true;
}
// All other cells stay the same
else
{
nextGenerationBoard[row, column] = currentCell;
}
}
}
return(nextGenerationBoard);
}
public static Game Create(int rows, int columns, int minGenerationsAlive, double maxCoverage = 1)
{
//Console.WriteLine($"Start Create Game witch alive at minimum {minGenerationsAlive} generations");
var random = new Random();
while (true)
{
var coverage = random.NextDouble() * maxCoverage;
var board = BoardFactory.Create(rows, columns, coverage);
var game = new Game(board);
game.Play(minGenerationsAlive);
if (game.Generation >= minGenerationsAlive)
{
return(game);
}
}
}