diff --git a/game-of-life-multiplatform/common/src/main/kotlin/com/novoda/gol/data/SimulationBoardEntity.kt b/game-of-life-multiplatform/common/src/main/kotlin/com/novoda/gol/data/SimulationBoardEntity.kt
index 3929d9914..f1b72ad7f 100644
--- a/game-of-life-multiplatform/common/src/main/kotlin/com/novoda/gol/data/SimulationBoardEntity.kt
+++ b/game-of-life-multiplatform/common/src/main/kotlin/com/novoda/gol/data/SimulationBoardEntity.kt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ data class SimulationBoardEntity(private val cellMatrix: CellMatrix) : BoardEnti
         val seeds = this.cellMatrix.getSeeds().toMutableList()
         seeds.addAll(patternEntity.getSeeds())
 
-        val cellMatrix = ListBasedMatrix(width = 50, height = 50, seeds = seeds)
+        val cellMatrix = ListBasedMatrix(width = cellMatrix.getWidth(), height = cellMatrix.getHeight(), seeds = seeds)
         return SimulationBoardEntity(cellMatrix)
     }
 
diff --git a/game-of-life-multiplatform/game-of-life-jvm/build.gradle b/game-of-life-multiplatform/game-of-life-jvm/build.gradle
index e5a92a99e..a8823d60d 100644
--- a/game-of-life-multiplatform/game-of-life-jvm/build.gradle
+++ b/game-of-life-multiplatform/game-of-life-jvm/build.gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ apply plugin: 'kotlin-platform-jvm'
 
 dependencies {
     compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
+    compile group: 'io.reactivex.rxjava2', name: 'rxjava', version: '2.1.1'
     expectedBy project(":common")
     testCompile "junit:junit:4.12"
     testCompile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-junit:$kotlin_version"
diff --git a/game-of-life-multiplatform/game-of-life-jvm/src/main/kotlin/com/novoda/gol/GameLoop.kt b/game-of-life-multiplatform/game-of-life-jvm/src/main/kotlin/com/novoda/gol/GameLoop.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54536f42a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/game-of-life-multiplatform/game-of-life-jvm/src/main/kotlin/com/novoda/gol/GameLoop.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package com.novoda.gol
+
+import io.reactivex.Flowable
+import io.reactivex.disposables.Disposable
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+
+actual class GameLoop actual constructor() {
+
+    private var gameLoop: Disposable? = null
+
+    actual var onTick: () -> Unit = {}
+
+    actual fun startWith(intervalMs: Int) {
+        gameLoop = Flowable.interval(intervalMs.toLong(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS).subscribe {
+            onTick()
+        }
+    }
+
+    actual fun stop() {
+        gameLoop?.dispose()
+        gameLoop = null
+
+    }
+
+    actual fun isLooping() = gameLoop != null
+
+}
diff --git a/game-of-life-multiplatform/game-of-life-jvm/src/main/kotlin/com/novoda/gol/presentation/AppTerminalView.kt b/game-of-life-multiplatform/game-of-life-jvm/src/main/kotlin/com/novoda/gol/presentation/AppTerminalView.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68f7feae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/game-of-life-multiplatform/game-of-life-jvm/src/main/kotlin/com/novoda/gol/presentation/AppTerminalView.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package com.novoda.gol.presentation
+
+import com.novoda.gol.patterns.Glider
+import com.novoda.gol.patterns.PatternEntity
+import io.reactivex.Observable
+import io.reactivex.schedulers.Schedulers
+import java.io.BufferedReader
+import java.io.InputStreamReader
+
+class AppTerminalView : AppView {
+
+    override var onControlButtonClicked: () -> Unit = {}
+
+    override var onPatternSelected: (pattern: PatternEntity) -> Unit = {}
+
+    private val presenter = AppPresenter()
+
+    fun onCreate() {
+        presenter.bind(this)
+
+        Observable
+                .fromCallable {
+                    readString()
+                }
+                .filter { it == "yes" }
+                .subscribeOn(Schedulers.io())
+                .subscribe {
+                    onPatternSelected(Glider.create())
+                    onControlButtonClicked()
+                }
+    }
+
+    override fun renderControlButtonLabel(controlButtonLabel: String) {
+        print("$controlButtonLabel\n")
+    }
+
+    private fun readString(): String {
+        val bufferedReader = BufferedReader(InputStreamReader(System.`in`))
+        return bufferedReader.readLine().toString()
+    }
+
+    override fun renderPatternSelectionVisibility(visibility: Boolean) {
+        //TODO: pattern selection is ignored in first iteration
+    }
+
+    override fun renderBoard(boardViewState: BoardViewState) {
+        BoardTerminalView().onCreate(boardViewState)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/game-of-life-multiplatform/game-of-life-jvm/src/main/kotlin/com/novoda/gol/presentation/BoardTerminalView.kt b/game-of-life-multiplatform/game-of-life-jvm/src/main/kotlin/com/novoda/gol/presentation/BoardTerminalView.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..952e1b6f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/game-of-life-multiplatform/game-of-life-jvm/src/main/kotlin/com/novoda/gol/presentation/BoardTerminalView.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package com.novoda.gol.presentation
+
+import com.novoda.gol.data.BoardEntity
+import com.novoda.gol.data.PositionEntity
+import com.novoda.gol.patterns.PatternEntity
+
+class BoardTerminalView : BoardView {
+
+    override var onPatternSelected: (pattern: PatternEntity) -> Unit = {}
+    override var onCellClicked: (position: PositionEntity) -> Unit = {}
+    override var onStartSimulationClicked: () -> Unit = {}
+    override var onStopSimulationClicked: () -> Unit = {}
+
+    private var presenter = BoardPresenter(width = 20, height = 20)
+
+    fun onCreate(boardViewState: BoardViewState) {
+        presenter.bind(this)
+        if (boardViewState.selectedPattern != null) {
+            onPatternSelected(boardViewState.selectedPattern!!)
+            onStartSimulationClicked()
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun renderBoard(boardEntity: BoardEntity) {
+        for (y in 0 until boardEntity.getHeight()) {
+            for (x in 0 until boardEntity.getWidth()) {
+                val cellAtPosition = boardEntity.cellAtPosition(x, y)
+                if (cellAtPosition.isAlive) {
+                    print("X")
+                } else {
+                    print(" ")
+                }
+
+            }
+            print("\n")
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/game-of-life-multiplatform/game-of-life-jvm/src/main/kotlin/com/novoda/gol/terminal/Main.kt b/game-of-life-multiplatform/game-of-life-jvm/src/main/kotlin/com/novoda/gol/terminal/Main.kt
index 85374737d..cd43ca538 100644
--- a/game-of-life-multiplatform/game-of-life-jvm/src/main/kotlin/com/novoda/gol/terminal/Main.kt
+++ b/game-of-life-multiplatform/game-of-life-jvm/src/main/kotlin/com/novoda/gol/terminal/Main.kt
@@ -1,58 +1,14 @@
 package com.novoda.gol.terminal
 
-import com.novoda.gol.data.BoardEntity
-import com.novoda.gol.data.ListBasedMatrix
-import com.novoda.gol.data.PositionEntity
-import com.novoda.gol.data.SimulationBoardEntity
-import java.io.BufferedReader
-import java.io.InputStreamReader
-
-const val EXIT = "exit"
+import com.novoda.gol.presentation.AppTerminalView
 
 fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+    AppTerminalView().onCreate()
 
-    var keepLooping = true
-    val br = BufferedReader(InputStreamReader(System.`in`))
-
-    print("enter width: ")
-    val width = br.readLine().toInt()
-
-    print("enter height: ")
-    val height = br.readLine().toInt()
-
-    val cellMatrix = ListBasedMatrix(width = width, height = height, seeds = listOf(PositionEntity(2, 1), PositionEntity(2, 2), PositionEntity(2, 3)))
-
-    var boardEntity: BoardEntity = SimulationBoardEntity(cellMatrix)
-
+    while (true){
 
-    while (keepLooping) {
-        val input = br.readLine()
-        keepLooping = input != EXIT
-
-        render(boardEntity)
-
-        if (keepLooping) {
-            boardEntity = boardEntity.nextIteration()
-        }
     }
 }
 
-fun render(boardEntity: BoardEntity) {
-    for (y in 0 until boardEntity.getHeight()) {
-        for (x in 0 until boardEntity.getWidth()) {
-            val cellAtPosition = boardEntity.cellAtPosition(x, y)
-            if (cellAtPosition.isAlive) {
-                print("X")
-            } else {
-                print(" ")
-            }
-
-        }
-        print("\n")
-    }
-
-    print("exit: Stop Simulation\n")
-    print("next: Next Iteration\n")
-}