Distributed Implementation

This guide is for the Rust version of the coursework, which is offered as an optional extension.

In this stage, you are required to create an implementation that uses a number of AWS nodes to cooperatively calculate the new state of the Game of Life board, and communicate state between machines over a network.

Below is a series of suggested steps for approaching the problem, but you are not required to follow this sequence, and can jump straight to implementing the more advanced versions of the system if you feel confident about it.

Your implementation will be marked against the success criteria outlined here.

Success Criteria

• Pass all tests.
• Output the correct PGM images.
• Ensure the keyboard control rules work as needed.
• At minimum, the controller and the Game of Life engine should be separate components running on different machines (as per Step 2 above) and communicating.
• To fully satisfy the criteria your implementation should use multiple AWS nodes efficiently.

Note on SDL

Displaying the live progress of the game using SDL is not necessary; considering it as an extension.
However, you will still need to have a blank SDL window to register the keypresses.