Game of Life main rule

Main.cs

    int GetNextGenerationStatus(int statusOfCurrentCell, int[] statusOfCurrentNeighbors)
    {
        var count = statusOfCurrentNeighbors.Length;
        var aliveNeighborCount = 0;
        for (var i = 0; i < count; ++i)
        {
            var statusOfCurrentNeighbor = statusOfCurrentNeighbors[i];
            if (statusOfCurrentNeighbor == 1)
            {
                aliveNeighborCount += 1;
            }
        }

        // Just default to 0 
        var statusOfNextGeneration = 0;
        // At this point, alive count is calculated
        if (statusOfCurrentCell == 1)
        {
            if (aliveNeighborCount < 2)
            {
                statusOfNextGeneration = 0;
            }
            else if (aliveNeighborCount == 2 || aliveNeighborCount == 3)
            {
                statusOfNextGeneration = 1;
            }
            else if (aliveNeighborCount > 3)
            {
                statusOfNextGeneration = 0;
            }
        }
        else if (statusOfCurrentCell == 0)
        {
            if (aliveNeighborCount == 3)
            {
                statusOfNextGeneration = 1;
            }
        }

        return statusOfNextGeneration;
    }