diff --git a/out/production/GameOfLifeAssignment/Life.class b/out/production/GameOfLifeAssignment/Life.class
index ea14899..ba2818f 100644
Binary files a/out/production/GameOfLifeAssignment/Life.class and b/out/production/GameOfLifeAssignment/Life.class differ
diff --git a/src/Life.java b/src/Life.java
index 0107396..59b931b 100644
--- a/src/Life.java
+++ b/src/Life.java
@@ -51,18 +51,46 @@ public class Life implements ILife {
   public ILife nextGeneration() {
     Life next = new Life();
 
-    if (countAliveNeighbours() == 3) {
+    if (countAliveNeighbours(1, 1) == 3) {
       next.setAlive(1,1);
     }
 
     return next;
   }
 
-  private int countAliveNeighbours() {
+  private int countAliveNeighbours(int x, int y) {
     int count = 0;
-    if (isAlive(0, 0)) count++;
-    if (isAlive(0, 1)) count++;
-    if (isAlive(0, 2)) count++;
+
+//    Eine Zelle hat ja 8 Nachbarn,
+//    das wäre die Überprüfung für jede einzelne Zelle herum:
+//    if (isValid(x-1, y-1) && isAlive(x-1, y-1)) count++;
+//    if (isValid(x,   y-1) && isAlive(x,   y-1)) count++;
+//    if (isValid(x+1, y-1) && isAlive(x+1, y-1)) count++;
+//    if (isValid(x-1, y)   && isAlive(x-1, y))   count++;
+//    if (isValid(x+1, y)   && isAlive(x+1, y))   count++;
+//    if (isValid(x-1, y+1) && isAlive(x-1, y+1)) count++;
+//    if (isValid(x,   y+1) && isAlive(x,   y+1)) count++;
+//    if (isValid(x+1, y+1) && isAlive(x+1, y+1)) count++;
+
+//  aber so ist's direkt bisschen "schlanker"
+    for (int offset_X = -1; offset_X <= 1; offset_X++) {
+      for (int offset_Y = -1; offset_Y <= 1; offset_Y++) {
+        if (offset_X == 0 && offset_Y == 0) continue;  // eigene Zelle überspringen
+        int neighbor_X = x + offset_X;
+        int neighbor_Y = y + offset_Y;
+
+        if (isValid(neighbor_X, neighbor_Y) && isAlive(neighbor_X, neighbor_Y)) {
+          count++;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     return count;
   }
+
+  // soll in countAliveNeighbours() genutzt werden
+  private boolean isValid(int x, int y) {
+    // überprüft einfach nur, ob Zelle innerhalb der grid-Grenzen liegt
+    return x >= 0 && x < grid.length && y >= 0 && y < grid[x].length;
+  }
 }
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