def textToLife(self, text):
# figure out game dimensions
width = len(text) * 5 + 1
height = 9
lifeGame = Life(height=height, width=width)
lifeGame.clean(state=LifeState.DEAD)
currI = 1
currJ = 1
for character in text.upper():
for iIdx in range(7):
for jIdx in range(4):
gameIndices = (currI + iIdx, currJ + jIdx)
dictIndices = (iIdx, jIdx)
lifeGame.game[0][gameIndices[0]][gameIndices[1]].state \
= self.strDict[character][dictIndices[0]][dictIndices[1]]
currJ += 5
return lifeGame
