A simple terminal-based implementation of Conway's Game of Life, written in Python. The simulation displays cells evolving over time according to basic rules of life and death, with live cells shown as "■" and dead cells as spaces.

Conway's Game of Life is a cellular automaton devised by mathematician John Conway. Each cell on a grid lives or dies depending on the state of its 8 neighbors.

1. Any live cell with 2 or 3 live neighbors survives.
2. Any dead cell with exactly 3 live neighbors becomes a live cell.
3. All other live cells die in the next generation, and dead cells stay dead.

Requirements Python 3.x

Run the Program

python game_of_life.py

The simulation runs in the terminal. Press Ctrl + C to stop the program at any time.

• Grid size: 20x20 (modifiable via WIDTH and HEIGHT)
• Random initial grid
• No wrapping at edges (border cells have fewer neighbors)
• Terminal clearing for smooth animation
• Easy-to-modify code

• Cell symbols: Change CELLSTATE = ["■", " "] to use other characters.
• Grid size: Modify WIDTH and HEIGHT at the top of the script.
• Frame delay: Change time.sleep(1) to speed up or slow down the animation.
• Initial pattern: Replace gridInit() with a custom starter layout.

■■■                  
  ■                  
■■                   
         ■■■        
           ■        
          ■■        
                    
     ■■             
     ■■             
                    
        ■■          
        ■■          
                    
                    
   ■                 
    ■               
   ■■               
                    
                    
Press Ctrl-C to quit.