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Appendix A

Application Demonstrations

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FIGURE 44

The Game of Life in three dimensions

The keypad buttons provide control over the game.

This source code for this example is particularly well-documented. Take a look at
{toolkit}

\apps\Demo3D\src\com\superscape\m3g\wtksamples\life3d\Lif

e3D.java

.

A.4.2

PogoRoo

PogoRoo

shows you the rear end of a kangaroo bouncing up and down on a pogo

stick.

TABLE 9

Controls for

Life3D

Button

Description

0

Pause the animation

1

Resume the animation at its default speed

2

Speed up the animation

3

Slow down the animation

4

Choose the previous preset configuration from a list that includes
gems like P4 Glider, Skew beehive plus, and P4 Rotor.

5

Choose the next preset configuration from the list.

*

Generate a random configuration and animate until it stabilizes or
dies. If it dies, generate a new random configuration.