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diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/ConwayGameOfLife.java b/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/ConwayGameOfLife.java
index 0d3b15b..a734e97 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/ConwayGameOfLife.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zipcodeconway/ConwayGameOfLife.java
@@ -1,11 +1,25 @@
 package com.zipcodeconway;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
 public class ConwayGameOfLife {
+    private Integer dimension;
+    private int[][] current;
+    private int[][] next;
+    private SimpleWindow displayWindow;
 
     public ConwayGameOfLife(Integer dimension) {
-     }
+        this.displayWindow = new SimpleWindow(dimension);
+        this.current = createRandomStart(dimension);
+        this.next= new int[dimension][dimension];
+    }
 
     public ConwayGameOfLife(Integer dimension, int[][] startmatrix) {
+        this.displayWindow = new SimpleWindow(dimension);
+        this.current = startmatrix;
+        this.dimension = dimension;
+        this.next= new int[dimension][dimension];
+        //this.next = new int[dimension][dimension];
     }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
@@ -17,16 +31,49 @@ 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[][] start = new int[dimension][dimension];
+        for (int row = 0; row < dimension; row++) {
+            for (int col = 0; col < dimension; col++) {
+                int val = (int) Math.round(Math.random()*0.75);
+                start[row][col] = val;
+            }
+        }
+        return start;
     }
 
     public int[][] simulate(Integer maxGenerations) {
-        return new int[1][1];
+        int[][] currentWorld = current;
+        int[][] nextWorld = next;
+
+        for (int i = 0; i <= maxGenerations; i++) {
+            this.displayWindow.display(currentWorld, i);
+
+            nextWorld = runSim(currentWorld, nextWorld); // tested!!!
+            currentWorld = copyAndZeroOut(nextWorld, currentWorld);
+
+        }
+        this.displayWindow.sleep(125);
+        //displayWindow.sleep(10000);
+        return currentWorld;
+    }
+
+    private int[][] runSim(int[][] currentWorld, int[][] nextWorld) {
+        for (int row = 0; row < currentWorld.length; row++) {
+            for (int col = 0; col < currentWorld[row].length; col++) {
+                nextWorld[row][col] = isAlive(row, col, currentWorld);
+            }
+        }
+        return nextWorld;
     }
 
     // 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) {
+    public int[][] copyAndZeroOut(int[][] nextWorld, int[][] currentWorld) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < currentWorld.length; i++) {
+            System.arraycopy(nextWorld[i], 0, currentWorld[i], 0, currentWorld.length);
+            Arrays.fill(nextWorld[i], 0);
+        }
+        return currentWorld;
     }
 
     // Calculate if an individual cell should be alive in the next generation.
@@ -37,7 +84,55 @@ public void copyAndZeroOut(int [][] next, int[][] current) {
 		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;
+    public int isAlive(int row, int col, int[][] world) {
+        int neighbours = getNeighboursALive(row, col, world);
+
+        //test
+        if (neighbours == 2)
+            return world[row][col];
+        else if (neighbours == 3)
+            return 1;
+        else
+            return 0;
+    }
+
+    public int getNeighboursALive(int row, int col, int[][] input) {
+        int totalNeighbors = 0;
+        int index = 0;
+        for (int i = -1; i <= 1; i++) {
+            for (int j = -1; j <= 1; j++) {
+                int neighbourRow = getNeighbourRow(i, row, input);
+                int neighbourCol = getNeighbourCol(j, col, input);
+                if (!(getNeighbourRow(i, row, input) == row && getNeighbourCol(j, col, input) == col)) {
+                    totalNeighbors += input[neighbourRow][neighbourCol];
+                    index++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return totalNeighbors;
+    }
+
+    public int getNeighbourRow(int x, int row, int[][] input) {
+        int neighbourRow;
+        if (row + x < 0) {
+            neighbourRow = input.length - 1;
+        } else if (row + x > input.length - 1) {
+            neighbourRow = 0;
+        } else {
+            neighbourRow = row + x;
+        }
+        return neighbourRow;
+    }
+
+    public int getNeighbourCol(int x, int col, int[][] input) {
+        int neighbourCol;
+        if (col + x < 0) {
+            neighbourCol = input[0].length - 1;
+        } else if (col + x > input[0].length - 1) {
+            neighbourCol = 0;
+        } else {
+            neighbourCol = col + x;
+        }
+        return neighbourCol;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/zipcodeconway/ConwayGameOfLifeTest.java b/src/test/java/com/zipcodeconway/ConwayGameOfLifeTest.java
index 1e5e845..b4758d8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/zipcodeconway/ConwayGameOfLifeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/zipcodeconway/ConwayGameOfLifeTest.java
@@ -1,10 +1,63 @@
 package com.zipcodeconway;
 
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 public class ConwayGameOfLifeTest {
+    @Test
+    public void testIsAlive1(){
+        ConwayGameOfLife x=new ConwayGameOfLife(5);
+        int[][] start = {
+                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+                {0, 0, 1, 0, 0},
+                {0, 0, 1, 0, 0},
+                {0, 0, 1, 0, 0},
+                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0}};
+        int expected =1;
+        int actual = x.isAlive(2,1,start);
+        Assert.assertEquals(expected,actual);
+    }
+    @Test
+    public void testIsAlive2(){
+        ConwayGameOfLife test=new ConwayGameOfLife(5);
+        int[][] start = {
+                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+                {0, 0, 1, 0, 0},
+                {0, 0, 1, 0, 0},
+                {0, 0, 1, 0, 0},
+                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0}};
+        int expected =1;
+        int actual = test.isAlive(2,2,start);
+        Assert.assertEquals(expected,actual);
+    }
+    @Test
+    public void testNumberOfLiveGetNeignbours(){
+        ConwayGameOfLife test=new ConwayGameOfLife(5);
+        int[][] start = {
+                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+                {0, 0, 1, 0, 0},
+                {0, 0, 1, 0, 0},
+                {0, 0, 1, 0, 0},
+                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0}};
+        int expected =2;
+        int actual = test.getNeighboursALive(3,3,start);
+        Assert.assertEquals(expected,actual);
+    }
+    @Test
+    public void testGetNeignbours(){
+        ConwayGameOfLife x=new ConwayGameOfLife(5);
+        int[][] start = {
+                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+                {0, 0, 1, 0, 0},
+                {0, 0, 1, 0, 0},
+                {0, 0, 1, 0, 0},
+                {0, 0, 0, 0, 0}};
+        int expected =1;
+        //int actual = x.getNeighbours(1,1,start)[7];
+        //Assert.assertEquals(expected,actual);
+    }
 
     @Test
     public void runTest1() {
@@ -22,6 +75,7 @@ public void runTest1() {
                 {0, 0, 0, 0, 0}};
         ConwayGameOfLife sim = new ConwayGameOfLife(5, start);
         int[][] results = sim.simulate(9);
+
         assertTrue(java.util.Arrays.deepEquals(results, expected));
     }