diff --git a/day17/Cargo.toml b/day17/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "day17"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["inga-lovinde <52715130+inga-lovinde@users.noreply.github.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+enum-map = "0.6.4"
+ndarray = "0.14.0"
+strum = "0.20.0"
+strum_macros = "0.20.1"
diff --git a/day17/src/binary.rs b/day17/src/binary.rs
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+use enum_map::Enum;
+use strum_macros::EnumIter;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Enum, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub enum State {
+    Dead = 0,
+    Alive = 1,
+}
+
+impl Default for State {
+    fn default() -> Self { Self::Dead }
+}
+
+impl State {
+    fn from_number(number: u8) -> Self {
+        match number {
+            0 => Self::Dead,
+            1 => Self::Alive,
+            _ => panic!("unsupported number {}", number),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn get_number(&self) -> u8 {
+        *self as u8
+    }
+}
+
+// terribly error-prone but I'm lazy :(
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Enum, EnumIter)]
+pub enum Direction {
+    MinusMinusMinus = 0,
+    MinusMinusSame = 1,
+    MinusMinusPlus = 2,
+    MinusSameMinus = 3,
+    MinusSameSame = 4,
+    MinusSamePlus = 5,
+    MinusPlusMinus = 6,
+    MinusPlusSame = 7,
+    MinusPlusPlus = 8,
+    SameMinusMinus = 9,
+    SameMinusSame = 10,
+    SameMinusPlus = 11,
+    SameSameMinus = 12,
+    SameSamePlus = 13,
+    SamePlusMinus = 14,
+    SamePlusSame = 15,
+    SamePlusPlus = 16,
+    PlusMinusMinus = 17,
+    PlusMinusSame = 18,
+    PlusMinusPlus = 19,
+    PlusSameMinus = 20,
+    PlusSameSame = 21,
+    PlusSamePlus = 22,
+    PlusPlusMinus = 23,
+    PlusPlusSame = 24,
+    PlusPlusPlus = 25,
+}
+
+impl Direction {
+    fn get_offset(&self) -> u16 {
+        *self as u16
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct CellState {
+    neighbours_states: u32,
+    state: u8,
+}
+
+impl CellState {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            neighbours_states: 0,
+            state: 0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn update_neighbour_state(&mut self, direction: Direction, new_state: State) -> () {
+        self.neighbours_states = (self.neighbours_states & !(0b1 << direction.get_offset())) | ((new_state.get_number() as u32) << direction.get_offset());
+    }
+
+    pub fn update_state(&mut self, new_state: State) {
+        self.state = new_state.get_number();
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_number(number: u32) -> Self {
+        CellState {
+            state: (number >> 26) as u8,
+            neighbours_states: (number & 0x3ffffff) as u32,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_number(&self) -> u32 {
+        ((self.state as u32) << 26) | (self.neighbours_states as u32)
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_state(&self) -> State {
+        State::from_number(self.state)
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_neighbour_state(&self, direction: Direction) -> State {
+        State::from_number(((self.neighbours_states >> direction.get_offset()) & 0b1) as u8)
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/day17/src/board_metadata.rs b/day17/src/board_metadata.rs
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+use std::default::Default;
+use std::ops::{Index, IndexMut};
+use ndarray::Array3;
+
+use crate::binary::Direction;
+
+#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
+pub struct CellLocation {
+    pub x: usize,
+    pub y: usize,
+    pub z: usize,
+}
+
+impl CellLocation {
+    pub fn new(x: usize, y: usize, z: usize) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            x,
+            y,
+            z,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn new_option(x_option: Option<usize>, y_option: Option<usize>, z_option: Option<usize>) -> Option<Self> {
+        match (x_option, y_option, z_option) {
+            (Some(x), Some(y), Some(z)) => Some(Self::new(x, y, z)),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> Index<CellLocation> for Array3<T> {
+    type Output = T;
+    fn index<'a>(&'a self, cell_location: CellLocation) -> &'a T {
+        &self[[cell_location.x, cell_location.y, cell_location.z]]
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> IndexMut<CellLocation> for Array3<T> {
+    fn index_mut<'a>(&'a mut self, cell_location: CellLocation) -> &'a mut T {
+        &mut self[[cell_location.x, cell_location.y, cell_location.z]]
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct BoardMetadata {
+    corner: CellLocation,
+}
+
+struct CellLocationWithBoardMetadata {
+    corner: CellLocation,
+    location: Option<CellLocation>,
+}
+
+impl CellLocationWithBoardMetadata {
+    fn new(corner: CellLocation, location: Option<CellLocation>) -> CellLocationWithBoardMetadata {
+        CellLocationWithBoardMetadata {
+            corner,
+            location,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn get_x_minus(&self) -> CellLocationWithBoardMetadata {
+        CellLocationWithBoardMetadata::new(self.corner, match self.location {
+            Some(location) if location.x > 0 => Some(CellLocation { x: location.x-1, ..location }),
+            _ => None
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn get_x_plus(&self) -> CellLocationWithBoardMetadata {
+        CellLocationWithBoardMetadata::new(self.corner, match self.location {
+            Some(location) if location.x < self.corner.x - 1 => Some(CellLocation { x: location.x+1, ..location }),
+            _ => None
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn get_y_minus(&self) -> CellLocationWithBoardMetadata {
+        CellLocationWithBoardMetadata::new(self.corner, match self.location {
+            Some(location) if location.y > 0 => Some(CellLocation { y: location.y-1, ..location }),
+            _ => None
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn get_y_plus(&self) -> CellLocationWithBoardMetadata {
+        CellLocationWithBoardMetadata::new(self.corner, match self.location {
+            Some(location) if location.y < self.corner.y - 1 => Some(CellLocation { y: location.y+1, ..location }),
+            _ => None
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn get_z_minus(&self) -> CellLocationWithBoardMetadata {
+        CellLocationWithBoardMetadata::new(self.corner, match self.location {
+            Some(location) if location.z > 0 => Some(CellLocation { z: location.z-1, ..location }),
+            _ => None
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn get_z_plus(&self) -> CellLocationWithBoardMetadata {
+        CellLocationWithBoardMetadata::new(self.corner, match self.location {
+            Some(location) if location.z < self.corner.z - 1 => Some(CellLocation { z: location.z+1, ..location }),
+            _ => None
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl BoardMetadata {
+    pub fn new(corner: CellLocation) -> Self {
+        BoardMetadata {
+            corner,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_neighbour_location(&self, cell_location: CellLocation, direction: Direction) -> Option<CellLocation> {
+        let cell_with_metadata = CellLocationWithBoardMetadata::new(self.corner, Some(cell_location));
+
+        // terribly error-prone but I'm lazy :(
+        match direction {
+            Direction::MinusMinusMinus => cell_with_metadata.get_x_minus().get_y_minus().get_z_minus().location,
+            Direction::MinusMinusSame  => cell_with_metadata.get_x_minus().get_y_minus().location,
+            Direction::MinusMinusPlus  => cell_with_metadata.get_x_minus().get_y_minus().get_z_plus().location,
+            Direction::MinusSameMinus  => cell_with_metadata.get_x_minus().get_z_minus().location,
+            Direction::MinusSameSame   => cell_with_metadata.get_x_minus().location,
+            Direction::MinusSamePlus   => cell_with_metadata.get_x_minus().get_z_plus().location,
+            Direction::MinusPlusMinus  => cell_with_metadata.get_x_minus().get_y_plus().get_z_minus().location,
+            Direction::MinusPlusSame   => cell_with_metadata.get_x_minus().get_y_plus().location,
+            Direction::MinusPlusPlus   => cell_with_metadata.get_x_minus().get_y_plus().get_z_plus().location,
+            Direction::SameMinusMinus => cell_with_metadata.get_y_minus().get_z_minus().location,
+            Direction::SameMinusSame  => cell_with_metadata.get_y_minus().location,
+            Direction::SameMinusPlus  => cell_with_metadata.get_y_minus().get_z_plus().location,
+            Direction::SameSameMinus  => cell_with_metadata.get_z_minus().location,
+            Direction::SameSamePlus   => cell_with_metadata.get_z_plus().location,
+            Direction::SamePlusMinus  => cell_with_metadata.get_y_plus().get_z_minus().location,
+            Direction::SamePlusSame   => cell_with_metadata.get_y_plus().location,
+            Direction::SamePlusPlus   => cell_with_metadata.get_y_plus().get_z_plus().location,
+            Direction::PlusMinusMinus => cell_with_metadata.get_x_plus().get_y_minus().get_z_minus().location,
+            Direction::PlusMinusSame  => cell_with_metadata.get_x_plus().get_y_minus().location,
+            Direction::PlusMinusPlus  => cell_with_metadata.get_x_plus().get_y_minus().get_z_plus().location,
+            Direction::PlusSameMinus  => cell_with_metadata.get_x_plus().get_z_minus().location,
+            Direction::PlusSameSame   => cell_with_metadata.get_x_plus().location,
+            Direction::PlusSamePlus   => cell_with_metadata.get_x_plus().get_z_plus().location,
+            Direction::PlusPlusMinus  => cell_with_metadata.get_x_plus().get_y_plus().get_z_minus().location,
+            Direction::PlusPlusSame   => cell_with_metadata.get_x_plus().get_y_plus().location,
+            Direction::PlusPlusPlus   => cell_with_metadata.get_x_plus().get_y_plus().get_z_plus().location,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn create_board_from_shape_fn<T, F: Fn(CellLocation) -> T>(&self, f: F) -> Array3<T> {
+        Array3::from_shape_fn((self.corner.x, self.corner.y, self.corner.z), |(x, y, z)| f(CellLocation::new(x, y, z)))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/day17/src/game.rs b/day17/src/game.rs
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+use enum_map::EnumMap;
+use ndarray::{Array2, Array3};
+use strum::IntoEnumIterator;
+
+use crate::binary::CellState;
+use crate::binary::Direction;
+use crate::binary::State;
+use crate::board_metadata::BoardMetadata;
+use crate::board_metadata::CellLocation;
+use crate::rules::Rules;
+
+const RESERVE: usize = 10;
+
+struct CellInfo {
+    neighbours: EnumMap<Direction, Option<CellLocation>>,
+    state: CellState,
+}
+
+impl CellInfo {
+    fn new(neighbours: EnumMap<Direction, Option<CellLocation>>) -> CellInfo {
+        CellInfo {
+            neighbours,
+            state: CellState::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn update_neighbour_state(&mut self, direction: Direction, new_state: State) -> () {
+        self.state.update_neighbour_state(direction, new_state)
+    }
+
+    fn update_state(&mut self, new_state: State) {
+        self.state.update_state(new_state)
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct Game {
+    cell_rules: Vec<State>,
+    board: Array3<CellInfo>,
+    corner: CellLocation,
+}
+
+impl Game {
+    // only updates the state of this cell for it and its neighbours;
+    // only state of this cell is used from new_cell
+    fn update_cell(&mut self, location: CellLocation, new_state: State) {
+        //println!("Updating cell {}:{}", location.row, location.column);
+        self.board[location].update_state(new_state);
+
+        for direction in Direction::iter() {
+            match self.board[location].neighbours[direction] {
+                Some(neighbour_location) => {
+                    //println!("Updating neighbour cell {}:{}", neighbour_location.row, neighbour_location.column);
+                    self.board[neighbour_location].update_neighbour_state(direction, new_state);
+                },
+                _ => {},
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn build_cell_rules<T: Rules>() -> Vec<State> {
+        let mut result = vec![State::Dead; 1 << 27];
+
+        for i in 0..1usize << 27 {
+            let original_state = CellState::from_number(i as u32);
+            let mut neighbour_counts = EnumMap::new();
+            for direction in Direction::iter() {
+                neighbour_counts[original_state.get_neighbour_state(direction)] += 1usize;
+            }
+
+            let new_state = T::get_next_state(original_state.get_state(), neighbour_counts);
+            result[i] = new_state;
+            //println!("Rule #{}: for state_counts [{}, {}, {}, {}] and old state {} new state is {}", i, state_counts[0], state_counts[1], state_counts[2], state_counts[3], current_state, new_state);
+        }
+
+        result
+    }
+
+    fn get_next_state(&self, cell_info: &CellInfo) -> State {
+        self.cell_rules[cell_info.state.get_number() as usize]
+    }
+
+    pub fn next_step(&mut self) -> usize {
+        let mut changes: Vec<_> = vec![];
+        for x in 0..self.corner.x {
+            for y in 0..self.corner.y {
+                for z in 0..self.corner.z {
+                    let location = CellLocation::new(x, y, z);
+                    let cell = &self.board[location];
+                    let next_state = self.get_next_state(cell);
+                    //println!("location: {}:{}, neighbours state {}, old state {}, next state {}", location.row, location.column, cell.neighbours_states, cell.state, next_state);
+                    if next_state != cell.state.get_state() {
+                        changes.push((location, next_state));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        let changes_count = changes.len();
+        for (location, new_state) in changes {
+            self.update_cell(location, new_state);
+        }
+
+        changes_count
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_input<R: Rules>(input_data: &[String]) -> Self {
+        let rows = input_data.len();
+        let columns = input_data[0].len();
+        let mut states = Array2::default((rows, columns));
+        
+        for row in 0..rows {
+            let chars = input_data[row].chars().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            for column in 0..columns {
+                let ch = chars[column];
+                states[[row, column]] = match ch {
+                    '.' => State::Dead,
+                    '#' => State::Alive,
+                    _ => panic!("unsupported state"),
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        
+        let corner = CellLocation::new(rows + 2*RESERVE, columns + 2*RESERVE, 1 + 2*RESERVE);
+        let board_metadata = BoardMetadata::new(corner);
+        let board = board_metadata.create_board_from_shape_fn(|cell_location| {
+            CellInfo::new(R::get_neighbours(cell_location, &board_metadata, &states))
+        });
+
+        let cell_rules = Self::build_cell_rules::<R>();
+
+        let mut game = Game {
+            board,
+            cell_rules,
+            corner,
+        };
+
+        for row in 0..rows {
+            for column in 0..columns {
+                let location = CellLocation::new(row + RESERVE, column + RESERVE, RESERVE);
+                game.update_cell(location, states[(row, column)]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return game;
+    }
+
+    /*pub fn print_board(&self) {
+        for row in (&self.board).genrows() {
+            println!("{}", row.iter().map(|cell| {
+                match cell.state.get_state() {
+                    State::Floor => '.',
+                    State::SeatEmpty => 'L',
+                    State::SeatOccupied => '#',
+                    State::None => '0',
+                }
+            }).collect::<String>());
+        }
+    }*/
+
+    pub fn get_count_of_cells_for_state(&self, state: State) -> usize {
+        (&self.board).iter().filter(|&cell| cell.state.get_state() == state).count()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/day17/src/main.rs b/day17/src/main.rs
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+#![feature(trait_alias)]
+
+use std::io::{self, BufRead};
+
+mod binary;
+mod board_metadata;
+mod game;
+mod rules;
+mod rules_easy;
+
+use binary::State;
+use game::Game;
+use rules::Rules;
+use rules_easy::RulesEasy;
+
+fn solve<T: Rules>(lines: &[String]) {
+    let mut game = Game::from_input::<T>(&lines);
+
+    //game.print_board();
+
+    for i in 1.. {
+        let changes_count = game.next_step();
+        println!("Iteration {}; changed cells: {}; alive_cells: {}", i, changes_count, game.get_count_of_cells_for_state(State::Alive));
+        //game.print_board();
+        if changes_count == 0 {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    //game.print_board();
+    println!("Board stabilized at {} occupied seats", game.get_count_of_cells_for_state(State::Alive));
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let stdin = io::stdin();
+    let lines: Vec<_> = stdin.lock().lines().map(|line| line.unwrap()).collect();
+
+    solve::<RulesEasy>(&lines);
+}
diff --git a/day17/src/rules.rs b/day17/src/rules.rs
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+use enum_map::EnumMap;
+use ndarray::Array2;
+use crate::binary::{Direction, State};
+use crate::board_metadata::{BoardMetadata,CellLocation};
+
+pub trait Rules {
+    fn get_next_state(current_state: State, neighbour_counts: EnumMap<State, usize>) -> State;
+    fn get_neighbours(cell_location: CellLocation, board_metadata: &BoardMetadata, original_states: &Array2<State>) -> EnumMap<Direction, Option<CellLocation>>;
+}
diff --git a/day17/src/rules_easy.rs b/day17/src/rules_easy.rs
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+++ b/day17/src/rules_easy.rs
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+use enum_map::EnumMap;
+use ndarray::Array2;
+use strum::IntoEnumIterator;
+use crate::binary::{Direction, State};
+use crate::board_metadata::{BoardMetadata,CellLocation};
+use crate::rules::Rules;
+
+pub struct RulesEasy {}
+
+impl Rules for RulesEasy {
+    fn get_next_state(current_state: State, neighbour_counts: EnumMap<State, usize>) -> State {
+        match current_state {
+            State::Alive if neighbour_counts[State::Alive] == 2 => State::Alive,
+            _ if neighbour_counts[State::Alive] == 3 => State::Alive,
+            _ => State::Dead,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn get_neighbours(cell_location: CellLocation, board_metadata: &BoardMetadata, _original_states: &Array2<State>) -> EnumMap<Direction, Option<CellLocation>> {
+        let mut neighbours = EnumMap::new();
+
+        for direction in Direction::iter() {
+            neighbours[direction] = board_metadata.get_neighbour_location(cell_location, direction);
+        }
+
+        neighbours
+    }
+}