HackIM 2016 / Programming 5

January 29, 2016

Description

Dont blink your Eyes, you might miss it. But the fatigue and exhaustion rules out any logic, any will to stay awake. What you need now is a slumber. Cat nap will not do. 1 is LIFE and 0 is DEAD. in this GAME OF LIFE sleep is as important food. So… catch some sleep. But Remember…In the world of 10x10 matirx, the Life exists. If you SLOTH, sleep for 7 Ticks, or 7 Generation, In the game of Life can you tell what will be the state of the world?

The world- 10x10

0000000000,0000000000,0001111100,0000000100,0000001000, 0000010000,0000100000,0001000000,0000000000,000000000

The Challenge

This was a fun challenge actually.

Starting from the description, there are a couple of keywords that are useful :

1 is LIFE
0 is DEATH
GAME OF LIFE
The world- 10x10

With this, we understand that the string of binary that is given to us is a 10x10 matrix.

0000000000,
0000000000,
0001111100,
0000000100,
0000001000,
0000010000,
0000100000,
0001000000,
0000000000,
000000000

This reveals the number 7, which is also refered to by 7 ticks and 7 generation in the description.

As for the game of life part, it refers to Conway’s Game of Life, a computer game.

At this point, all we have to do is find an implementation of Conway's Game of Life, input the matrix that was given to us, and step 7 times.

Here is a javascript implementation we can use : http://pmav.eu/stuff/javascript-game-of-life-v3.1.1/

Initial setup :

start

7 steps (generations) later :

end

Convert the blue squares into a 10x10 matrix :

0000000000,
0001100000,
0001111010,
0000001001,
0000001010,
0000000000,
0000000000,
0000000000,
0000000000,
0000000000

Flag : 0000000000,0001100000,0001111010,0000001001,0000001010, 0000000000,0000000000,0000000000,0000000000,0000000000