// luckily i built it so it was pretty easy to add a new dimension const fs = require('fs'); const textIn = fs.readFileSync('./input.txt', 'utf-8'); const iterAmt = 6; let startPoints = [] startGrid = textIn.split('\n').map((line, y) => line.split('').map((point, x) => { if (point=='#') { startPoints.push([iterAmt+x,iterAmt+y,iterAmt,iterAmt]) } return point=='#' })); let runningTotal = 0; let p = new Pocket() startPoints.forEach(point => add(...point, p)); for (let i = 0; i < iterAmt; i++) { printLayer(p,iterAmt,iterAmt); let next = p.map(slice => slice.map(layer => layer.map(row => row.map(cube => {return{active:cube.active,nearby:cube.nearby}})))) p.forEach((slice, w) => slice.forEach((layer, z) => layer.forEach((row, y) => row.forEach((cube, x) => { if (cube.active && (cube.nearby < 2 || cube.nearby > 3)) { remove(x,y,z,w,p,next) } else if (!cube.active && (cube.nearby == 3)) { add(x,y,z,w,p,next) } })))) p = next; } console.log(runningTotal); function printLayer(pocket, slice, layer) { console.log(pocket[slice][layer].reduce((a,b)=>a+b.reduce((c,d)=>c+(d.active?'\x1b[36m':'\x1b[0m')+(d.nearby.toString().length==1?'0':'')+d.nearby,'')+'\n','')) } function Pocket () { let pocket = []; for (let w = 0; w < iterAmt*2+1; w++) { let slice = [] for (let z = 0; z < iterAmt*2+1; z++) { let layer = [] for (let y = 0; y < iterAmt*2+startGrid.length; y++) { let row = [] for (let x = 0; x < iterAmt*2+startGrid[0].length; x++) { row.push({active:false,nearby:0}) } layer.push(row) } slice.push(layer) } pocket.push(slice) } return pocket } function add (x,y,z,w,before,after=before) { if (before[w][z][y][x].active) return before; runningTotal++; after[w][z][y][x].active = true; for (let slice = Math.max(w-1, 0); slice <= Math.min(w+1, before.length-1); slice++) { for (let layer = Math.max(z-1, 0); layer <= Math.min(z+1, before[0].length-1); layer++) { for (let row = Math.max(y-1, 0); row <= Math.min(y+1, before[0][0].length-1); row++) { for (let col = Math.max(x-1, 0); col <= Math.min(x+1, before[0][0][0].length-1); col++) { if (slice == w && layer == z && row == y && col == x) continue; after[slice][layer][row][col].nearby++ } } } } return after; } function remove (x,y,z,w,before,after=before) { if (!before[w][z][y][x].active) return before; runningTotal--; after[w][z][y][x].active = false; for (let slice = Math.max(w-1, 0); slice <= Math.min(w+1, before.length-1); slice++) { for (let layer = Math.max(z-1, 0); layer <= Math.min(z+1, before[0].length-1); layer++) { for (let row = Math.max(y-1, 0); row <= Math.min(y+1, before[0][0].length-1); row++) { for (let col = Math.max(x-1, 0); col <= Math.min(x+1, before[0][0][0].length-1); col++) { if (slice == w && layer == z && row == y && col == x) continue; after[slice][layer][row][col].nearby-- } } } } return after; }