Spike: Conway's Game of Life Background Prototype

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Conway's Game of Life Background Prototype

Problem Statement

The SSE's new website would benefit from a background that has a layer of visual interest beyond solid coloring or gradients. A continuous simulation of Conway's Game of Life might prove a perfect solution to this problem.

Goal

What do you want to achieve with this spike? What are you hoping to learn or prove?

Hypothesis

What is your best guess about how to solve the problem or answer the question? What assumptions are you making?

Questions

List the specific questions you need to answer to achieve your goal. These should be small, manageable questions that will help you make progress.

• Is it performant to run the simulation live?
• How do we keep the simulation running and ensure it remains interesting?
• Should the user be able to interact with it in some way (ie, clicking spawns life - maybe a flying ship)?
• Other questions...

Research Tasks

List the specific tasks you need to perform to answer the questions and achieve your goal. These should be small, manageable tasks that will help you make progress.

• [Task 1]
• [Task 2]
• [Task 3]

Results and Conclusion

Summarize the results of your research. What did you learn? What worked? What didn't work? What are the implications of the results?

Based on your results, what is your conclusion? What do you recommend? What is your next step?