Week 3, Problem 1: Evolving
Lists and Lights On!
[35
points; individual or pair]
Submission:
This lab has four parts. Because each builds on the last, please create only
one file, named hw3pr1.py
and add to it throughout the lab. Please submit your hw3pr1.py
file to Canvas.
The bird's-eye view
The end goal of this lab is to
build a game called "Lights On" (alternatively, "Lights
Out", but that seemed so gloomy to us). "Lights On" is played
with a grid of lights which are either on or off.
The goal in Lights On is
to turn all of the lights in the initial grid on. Each time the user selects a
light, that light toggles from 0
to 1 or from 1
to 0. The challenge is that the neighboring light(s) ALSO toggle. That is, the one, two,
three or four lights directly to the N, S, E and W of the selected light also
change state (either on to off, or off to on). The lights do not
"wrap-around": e.g., the leftmost light is not a neighbor to the rightmost light.
You can play a version of
Lights Out here: http://www.logicgamesonline.com/lightsout/
This lab will guide you in
developing several Python functions that will allow you to implement this game.
In doing so, we will introduce and reinforce the concepts of
Lab 3,
Part 1: Counting generations
Lab 3,
Part 2: Graphics and user input
Lab 3,
Part 3: The game of "Lights On"
Submission
You
should submit your hw3pr1.py file at Canvas .
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