Question

Lets say we’ve got a Grid with with 30 columns and 30 rows.

Rules for game of life in short:

• one cell has eight neighbor cells
• a cell gets alive as soon as a cell has three living neighbor cells
• a cell just survives if it has exactly two or three living neighbor cells

But how to initialize a grid with a determined size? Is there a rule how to exactly initialize some cells?

Answer 1

Mostly it is initialized by the user (only user action required). Ofcourse you can also choose to initialize it yourself.

From Wikipedia:

The “game” is a zero-player game, meaning that its evolution is determined by its initial state, requiring no further input. One interacts with the Game of Life by creating an initial configuration and observing how it evolves.