Add a "Conway's Game of Life" effect to the project.

GameOfLife.pde

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/**
+ * An effect class to represent Conway's game of life: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_Game_of_Life
+ * With some randomness added in for aestetic appeal.
+ */
+class GameOfLife extends Effect {
+    color baseColor;
+    float weight = 1;
+    int[][] grid, newGrid;
+
+    GameOfLife(int _millis, color _c) {
+        super(_millis);
+        baseColor = _c;
+        grid = new int[cols][rows];
+        newGrid = new int[cols][rows];
+
+        //Populate a "random" seed
+        for (int x = 0; x < cols; x++) {
+            for (int y = 0; y < rows; y++) {
+                grid[x][y] = (int) random(1024) % 2;
+            }
+        }
+
+        imageBuffer.beginDraw();
+        imageBuffer.noFill();
+        imageBuffer.stroke(baseColor);
+        imageBuffer.strokeWeight(weight);
+        imageBuffer.endDraw();
+    }
+
+    void update() {
+        processTurn();
+        imageBuffer.beginDraw();
+        imageBuffer.background(0, 1);
+        for (int x = 0; x < cols; x++) {
+            for (int y = 0; y < rows; y++) {
+                if (newGrid[x][y] == 1) {
+                    imageBuffer.point(x, y);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        //shift the color randomly
+        float red = ((baseColor >> 16 & 0xFF) * random(16)) % 255;
+        float green = ((baseColor >> 8 & 0xFF) * random(16)) % 255;
+        float blue = ((baseColor & 0XFF) * random(16)) % 255;
+        float alpha = random(128, 255);
+        imageBuffer.stroke(color(red, green, blue, alpha));
+        imageBuffer.endDraw();
+
+        grid = newGrid;
+    }
+
+    void processTurn() {
+        for (int x = 0; x < cols; x++) {
+            for (int y = 0; y < rows; y++) {
+                //Calculate number of neighbors
+                int count = 0;
+                if (x > 0 && y > 0) {
+                  count += grid[x - 1][y - 1]; //Nortwest
+                }
+
+                if (x > 0) {
+                   count += grid[x - 1][y]; //West
+                }
+
+                if (x > 0 && y < rows - 1) {
+                  count += grid[x - 1][y + 1]; //Southwest
+                }
+
+                if (y > 0) {
+                  count += grid[x][y - 1]; //North
+                }
+
+                if (x < cols - 1 && y < rows - 1) {
+                  count += grid[x + 1][y + 1]; //Southeast
+                }
+
+                if (x < cols - 1 && y > 0) {
+                  count += grid[x + 1][y - 1]; //Northeast
+                }
+
+                if (x < cols - 1) {
+                  count += grid[x + 1][y]; //East
+                }
+
+                if (y < rows - 1) {
+                  count += grid[x][y + 1]; //South
+                }
+
+                if (grid[x][y] == 1 && count < 2) {
+                    newGrid[x][y] = 0; //Isolation Death
+                } else if (grid[x][y] == 1 && count > 3) {
+                    newGrid[x][y] = 0; //Overpopulation Death
+                } else if (grid[x][y] == 0 && count == 3) {
+                    newGrid[x][y] = 1; //Birth
+                } else {
+                    newGrid[x][y] = grid[x][y]; //Continue
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

LEDStripController.pde

@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ void keyPressed(){
         Wipe wipe = new Wipe(2000, selectedColor);
         effects.add(wipe);
     }
+
+    if (key == 'l') {
+      GameOfLife gameOfLife = new GameOfLife(3000, selectedColor);
+      effects.add(gameOfLife);
+    }
 
 }