diff --git a/.idea/workspace.xml b/.idea/workspace.xml
index ce6df6f..a33bb7a 100644
--- a/.idea/workspace.xml
+++ b/.idea/workspace.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
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 <project version="4">
   <component name="ChangeListManager">
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+    <list default="true" id="e282cee1-bfe9-42a3-9794-9633eb4654d1" name="Default" comment="">
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+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/SimpleWindow.java" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/SimpleWindow.java" />
+    </list>
     <ignored path="$PROJECT_DIR$/target/" />
     <option name="EXCLUDED_CONVERTED_TO_IGNORED" value="true" />
     <option name="TRACKING_ENABLED" value="true" />
@@ -11,12 +14,12 @@
     <option name="LAST_RESOLUTION" value="IGNORE" />
   </component>
   <component name="FileEditorManager">
-    <leaf>
+    <leaf SIDE_TABS_SIZE_LIMIT_KEY="300">
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               <folding>
                 <element signature="imports" expanded="true" />
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@@ -24,62 +27,20 @@
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         </entry>
       </file>
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-                <Category>Constructors</Category>
-                <Category>Methods</Category>
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-      </file>
-      <file leaf-file-name="README.md" pinned="false" current-in-tab="false">
-        <entry file="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/README.md">
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-                <folding />
-              </first_editor>
-              <second_editor />
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             </state>
           </provider>
         </entry>
       </file>
-      <file leaf-file-name="ConwayGameOfLifeTest.java" pinned="false" current-in-tab="true">
+      <file leaf-file-name="ConwayGameOfLifeTest.java" pinned="false" current-in-tab="false">
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@@ -126,9 +87,9 @@
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         <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/ConwayGameOfLife.java" />
+        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/SimpleWindow.java" />
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@@ -138,11 +99,10 @@
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-    <option name="y" value="32" />
-    <option name="width" value="1440" />
-    <option name="height" value="821" />
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+    <option name="height" value="717" />
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     <navigator currentView="ProjectPane" proportions="" version="1">
@@ -159,55 +119,61 @@
       <foldersAlwaysOnTop value="true" />
     </navigator>
     <panes>
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       <pane id="ProjectPane">
         <subPane>
           <expand>
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-              <item name="Game-Of-Life-Java" type="462c0819:PsiDirectoryNode" />
+              <item name="ConwayGameOfLife" type="b2602c69:ProjectViewProjectNode" />
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+              <item name="ConwayGameOfLife" type="462c0819:PsiDirectoryNode" />
+              <item name=".idea" type="462c0819:PsiDirectoryNode" />
+            </path>
+            <path>
+              <item name="ConwayGameOfLife" type="b2602c69:ProjectViewProjectNode" />
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-              <item name="Game-Of-Life-Java" type="462c0819:PsiDirectoryNode" />
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-              <item name="Game-Of-Life-Java" type="462c0819:PsiDirectoryNode" />
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-              <item name="Game-Of-Life-Java" type="462c0819:PsiDirectoryNode" />
+              <item name="ConwayGameOfLife" type="b2602c69:ProjectViewProjectNode" />
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-              <item name="Game-Of-Life-Java" type="462c0819:PsiDirectoryNode" />
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-              <item name="Game-Of-Life-Java" type="462c0819:PsiDirectoryNode" />
+              <item name="ConwayGameOfLife" type="b2602c69:ProjectViewProjectNode" />
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@@ -217,10 +183,9 @@
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       </pane>
-      <pane id="PackagesPane" />
       <pane id="AndroidView" />
-      <pane id="Scratches" />
       <pane id="Scope" />
+      <pane id="Scratches" />
     </panes>
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@@ -503,6 +468,7 @@
       <option name="presentableId" value="Default" />
       <updated>1519668901598</updated>
       <workItem from="1519668902904" duration="14517000" />
+      <workItem from="1520893522326" duration="99000" />
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     <servers />
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@@ -536,39 +502,38 @@
     </history-entry>
   </component>
   <component name="TimeTrackingManager">
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+    <option name="totallyTimeSpent" value="14616000" />
   </component>
   <component name="ToolWindowManager">
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-    <editor active="true" />
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   <component name="editorHistoryManager">
-    <entry file="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/pom.xml">
+    <entry file="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/SimpleWindow.java">
       <provider selected="true" editor-type-id="text-editor">
-        <state relative-caret-position="187">
-          <caret line="11" column="10" lean-forward="false" selection-start-line="11" selection-start-column="10" selection-end-line="11" selection-end-column="10" />
+        <state relative-caret-position="240">
+          <caret line="17" column="42" lean-forward="false" selection-start-line="17" selection-start-column="42" selection-end-line="17" selection-end-column="42" />
+          <folding>
+            <element signature="imports" expanded="true" />
+          </folding>
+        </state>
+      </provider>
+    </entry>
+    <entry file="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/ConwayGameOfLife.java">
+      <provider selected="true" editor-type-id="text-editor">
+        <state relative-caret-position="300">
+          <caret line="20" column="0" lean-forward="false" selection-start-line="20" selection-start-column="0" selection-end-line="20" selection-end-column="0" />
           <folding />
         </state>
       </provider>
     </entry>
-    <entry file="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/java/LifeStarts.java">
+    <entry file="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/test/java/com/zipcodeconway/ConwayGameOfLifeTest.java">
       <provider selected="true" editor-type-id="text-editor">
-        <state relative-caret-position="272">
-          <caret line="16" column="5" lean-forward="false" selection-start-line="7" selection-start-column="0" selection-end-line="16" selection-end-column="5" />
+        <state relative-caret-position="450">
+          <caret line="32" column="32" lean-forward="false" selection-start-line="32" selection-start-column="32" selection-end-line="32" selection-end-column="32" />
           <folding />
         </state>
       </provider>
     </entry>
-    <entry file="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/java/Life.java">
+    <entry file="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/pom.xml">
       <provider selected="true" editor-type-id="text-editor">
-        <state relative-caret-position="669">
-          <caret line="87" column="5" lean-forward="true" selection-start-line="47" selection-start-column="0" selection-end-line="87" selection-end-column="5" />
+        <state relative-caret-position="187">
+          <caret line="11" column="10" lean-forward="false" selection-start-line="11" selection-start-column="10" selection-end-line="11" selection-end-column="10" />
           <folding />
         </state>
       </provider>
     </entry>
+    <entry file="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/java/LifeStarts.java" />
+    <entry file="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/java/Life.java" />
     <entry file="uml://JAVA/com.zipcodeconway.ConwayGameOfLife">
       <provider selected="true" editor-type-id="UmlEditorProvider">
         <state>
@@ -629,39 +606,22 @@
         </state>
       </provider>
     </entry>
-    <entry file="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/README.md">
-      <provider selected="true" editor-type-id="split-provider[text-editor;markdown-preview-editor]">
-        <state split_layout="SPLIT">
-          <first_editor relative-caret-position="236">
-            <caret line="52" column="194" lean-forward="false" selection-start-line="52" selection-start-column="194" selection-end-line="52" selection-end-column="194" />
-            <folding />
-          </first_editor>
-          <second_editor />
-        </state>
-      </provider>
-    </entry>
-    <entry file="file://$USER_HOME$/Downloads/ConwayLifeRandomat50.png">
-      <provider selected="true" editor-type-id="images">
-        <state />
-      </provider>
-    </entry>
-    <entry file="file://$USER_HOME$/Documents/gitea/gitea/custom/public/img/ConwayLifeUML.png">
-      <provider selected="true" editor-type-id="images">
-        <state />
-      </provider>
-    </entry>
-    <entry file="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/java/GameofLife.java">
+    <entry file="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/README.md" />
+    <entry file="file://$USER_HOME$/Downloads/ConwayLifeRandomat50.png" />
+    <entry file="file://$USER_HOME$/Documents/gitea/gitea/custom/public/img/ConwayLifeUML.png" />
+    <entry file="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/java/GameofLife.java" />
+    <entry file="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/test/java/com/zipcodeconway/ConwayGameOfLifeTest.java">
       <provider selected="true" editor-type-id="text-editor">
-        <state relative-caret-position="334">
-          <caret line="83" column="17" lean-forward="false" selection-start-line="82" selection-start-column="30" selection-end-line="83" selection-end-column="17" />
+        <state relative-caret-position="450">
+          <caret line="32" column="32" lean-forward="false" selection-start-line="32" selection-start-column="32" selection-end-line="32" selection-end-column="32" />
           <folding />
         </state>
       </provider>
     </entry>
     <entry file="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/SimpleWindow.java">
       <provider selected="true" editor-type-id="text-editor">
-        <state relative-caret-position="289">
-          <caret line="17" column="42" lean-forward="false" selection-start-line="17" selection-start-column="42" selection-end-line="17" selection-end-column="42" />
+        <state relative-caret-position="372">
+          <caret line="45" column="42" lean-forward="false" selection-start-line="45" selection-start-column="42" selection-end-line="45" selection-end-column="42" />
           <folding>
             <element signature="imports" expanded="true" />
           </folding>
@@ -670,22 +630,8 @@
     </entry>
     <entry file="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/ConwayGameOfLife.java">
       <provider selected="true" editor-type-id="text-editor">
-        <state relative-caret-position="164">
-          <caret line="20" column="0" lean-forward="false" selection-start-line="20" selection-start-column="0" selection-end-line="20" selection-end-column="0" />
-          <folding>
-            <element signature="e#585#586#0" expanded="true" />
-            <element signature="e#676#677#0" expanded="true" />
-            <element signature="e#712#713#0" expanded="true" />
-            <element signature="e#1429#1430#0" expanded="true" />
-            <element signature="e#1453#1454#0" expanded="true" />
-          </folding>
-        </state>
-      </provider>
-    </entry>
-    <entry file="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/test/java/com/zipcodeconway/ConwayGameOfLifeTest.java">
-      <provider selected="true" editor-type-id="text-editor">
-        <state relative-caret-position="510">
-          <caret line="32" column="32" lean-forward="false" selection-start-line="32" selection-start-column="32" selection-end-line="32" selection-end-column="32" />
+        <state relative-caret-position="511">
+          <caret line="137" column="0" lean-forward="false" selection-start-line="137" selection-start-column="0" selection-end-line="137" selection-end-column="0" />
           <folding />
         </state>
       </provider>
diff --git a/Screen Shot 2018-03-12 at 6.18.03 PM.png b/Screen Shot 2018-03-12 at 6.18.03 PM.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66214b0
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diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/ConwayGameOfLife.java b/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/ConwayGameOfLife.java
index 0d3b15b..2998849 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/ConwayGameOfLife.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/ConwayGameOfLife.java
@@ -2,10 +2,21 @@
 
 public class ConwayGameOfLife {
 
+    private SimpleWindow displayWindow;
+    private int [][] currentGen;
+    private int [][] nextGen;
+
+
     public ConwayGameOfLife(Integer dimension) {
-     }
+        this.displayWindow = new SimpleWindow(dimension);
+        this.currentGen = createRandomStart(dimension);
+        this.nextGen = new int[dimension][dimension];
+    }
 
     public ConwayGameOfLife(Integer dimension, int[][] startmatrix) {
+        this.displayWindow = new SimpleWindow(dimension);
+        this.currentGen = startmatrix;
+        this.nextGen = new int[dimension][dimension];
     }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
@@ -17,27 +28,110 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
     // Which cells are alive or dead in generation 0.
     // allocates and returns the starting matrix of size 'dimension'
     private int[][] createRandomStart(Integer dimension) {
-        return new int[1][1];
+        int [][] myArray = new int [dimension][dimension];
+        for (int row = 0; row < myArray.length; row++) {
+            for (int col = 0; col < myArray.length; col++){
+                myArray[row][col] = (int)Math.round(Math.random());
+            }
+        }
+        return myArray;
     }
 
+
     public int[][] simulate(Integer maxGenerations) {
-        return new int[1][1];
+        int generations = 0;
+
+        while (generations <= maxGenerations) {
+            this.displayWindow.display(currentGen, generations);
+            for (int row = 0; row < currentGen.length; row++) {
+                for (int col = 0; col < currentGen.length; col++) { //updating currentGen to nextGen
+                    nextGen[row][col] = isAlive(row, col, currentGen);
+                }
+            }
+            copyAndZeroOut(nextGen, currentGen);
+            this.displayWindow.sleep(125);
+            generations++;  //killing the while loop
+        }
+        return currentGen;
     }
 
+
+
     // copy the values of 'next' matrix to 'current' matrix,
     // and then zero out the contents of 'next' matrix
     public void copyAndZeroOut(int [][] next, int[][] current) {
+
+        for (int row = 0; row < next.length; row++) {
+            for (int col = 0; col < current.length; col++){
+                current[row][col] = next[row][col];
+                next[row][col] = 0;
+            }
+        }
+        // return;
     }
 
     // Calculate if an individual cell should be alive in the next generation.
     // Based on the game logic:
-	/*
+	/*      RULES
 		Any live cell with fewer than two live neighbours dies, as if by needs caused by underpopulation.
 		Any live cell with more than three live neighbours dies, as if by overcrowding.
 		Any live cell with two or three live neighbours lives, unchanged, to the next generation.
 		Any dead cell with exactly three live neighbours cells will come to life.
 	*/
     private int isAlive(int row, int col, int[][] world) {
-        return 0;
+        int north = col - 1;
+        int south = col + 1;
+        int west = row - 1;
+        int east = row + 1;
+        int countNeighbor = 0;
+
+        // these are boundaries we loop around
+
+        if (north < 0){
+            north = world.length - 1;
+        }
+
+        if (west < 0) {
+            west = world.length - 1;
+        }
+
+        if (south == world.length) {
+            south = 0;
+        }
+
+        if (east == world.length) {
+            east = 0;
+        }
+
+        // checking how many neighbors are alive
+
+        if (world[east][north] == 1) countNeighbor++;
+        if (world[east][col] == 1) countNeighbor++;
+        if (world[east][south] == 1) countNeighbor++;
+
+        if (world[west][north] == 1) countNeighbor++;
+        if (world[west][col] == 1) countNeighbor++;
+        if (world[west][south] == 1) countNeighbor++;
+
+        if (world[row][north] == 1) countNeighbor++;
+        if (world[row][south] == 1) countNeighbor++;
+
+        /*      RULES
+		Any live cell with fewer than two live neighbours dies, as if by needs caused by underpopulation.
+		Any live cell with more than three live neighbours dies, as if by overcrowding.
+		Any live cell with two or three live neighbours lives, unchanged, to the next generation.
+		Any dead cell with exactly three live neighbours cells will come to life.
+	*/
+
+        if (countNeighbor < 2 || countNeighbor > 3) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        else if (countNeighbor == 3) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        else return world[row][col];
+
     }
 }
+
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/SimpleWindow.java b/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/SimpleWindow.java
index f315e00..c3fb688 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/SimpleWindow.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/SimpleWindow.java
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ public void display(int[][] array, Integer n) {
             for (int j = 0; j < array[0].length; j++) {
                 g.drawRect(i * BOX_DIM, j * BOX_DIM, 10, 10);
                 if (array[i][j] == 0) {
-                    g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
+                    g.setColor(Color.GREEN);
                     g.fillRect(i * BOX_DIM, j * BOX_DIM, 10, 10);
                 }
                 if (array[i][j] == 1) {
-                    g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
+                    g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
                     g.fillRect(i * BOX_DIM, j * BOX_DIM, 10, 10);
                 }
             }