R is a language that is mainly used for statistics, however, as shown today, its use cases can include game development.

RLife is an R language implementation of Conway's Game of Life.

Users can customize the game by uploading CSV files with coordinates (X,Y) where each coordinate represents a cell that is alive at the start of the game. Users can also edit the number of generations they wish to simulate. When users press Start, a gif of the simulation will be generated.

For a collection of fun, ready-to-use Set-Up CSV files go to: Github Set-Up File Collection

How to try it:

1. Go to: RLife
2. Press Start (No need to change any of the settings) Note: Once you click Start, wait a few seconds (about 1.5s per generation) for the animation to load.

Custom Set-Up:

1. Go to: Github Template.csv
2. Download the template.csv file and edit as you wish
3. Go to: RLife
4. Upload your csv file
5. Enter the number of generations you want to simulate (min=1, max=50)

• R
• R Shiny
• Referenced the following source to understand the game of life and its rules: Wikipedia Conway's Game of Life

• Creating a game with R given that it is not usually used for this purpose
• The program worked well locally, but it was difficult to get it launched
• Creating animations
• Many bugs

• Most of the identified bugs were fixed
• Generating animated gifs
• Launching it successfully