🕹️ Exploring Conway's Game of Life with Nelson! 🌱✨

[Nelson-numerical-software]

tic()
% Define the size of the grid and the number of iterations
gridSize = 50;  % Adjust this to change the grid size
numIterations = 100;  % Adjust this to change the number of iterations

% Initialize a random grid (0 for dead, 1 for alive)
randomMatrix = rand(gridSize, gridSize);
grid = randomMatrix < 0.5;

% Create a figure and set its properties
f = figure();
axis('image')
colormap([1 1 1; 0 0 0]);  % White for dead cells, black for alive cells

% Main loop for iterations
for iteration = 1:numIterations
    % Display the current grid using the image function
    f.DrawLater = 'on';
    axis('equal');
    imagesc(grid + 1);
    title(['Iteration ', num2str(iteration)]);
    f.DrawLater = 'off';
    % Count the number of neighbors for each cell (including diagonals)
    neighbors = conv2(grid, [1, 1, 1; 1, 0, 1; 1, 1, 1], 'same');

    % Apply the Game of Life rules
    grid = (grid == 1 & (neighbors == 2 | neighbors == 3)) | (grid == 0 & neighbors == 3);
    % Pause to see the animation (you can adjust the delay as needed)
    sleep(0.3);
end
toc()

gameoflife.mp4