diff --git a/examples/game-of-life/.gitignore b/examples/game-of-life/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40b878db
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+++ b/examples/game-of-life/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+node_modules/
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diff --git a/examples/game-of-life/README.md b/examples/game-of-life/README.md
index e2cb9a06..39028337 100644
--- a/examples/game-of-life/README.md
+++ b/examples/game-of-life/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ An [AssemblyScript](http://assemblyscript.org) example. Continuously updates the
 Instructions
 ------------
 
+You have to install the 'opn' package to be able to run the `npm browser` command
+
+```
+$> npm install
+```
+
 To build [assembly/game-of-life.ts](./assembly/game-of-life.ts) to an untouched and an optimized `.wasm` including their respective `.wat` representations, run:
 
 ```
diff --git a/examples/game-of-life/package.json b/examples/game-of-life/package.json
index edeb792f..22e43d35 100644
--- a/examples/game-of-life/package.json
+++ b/examples/game-of-life/package.json
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
     "build": "npm run build:untouched && npm run build:optimized",
     "build:untouched": "asc assembly/game-of-life.ts -b game-of-life.untouched.wasm -t game-of-life.untouched.wat --validate --sourceMap --measure",
     "build:optimized": "asc -O assembly/game-of-life.ts -b game-of-life.optimized.wasm -t game-of-life.optimized.wat --validate --sourceMap --measure",
-    "browser": "game-of-life.html"
+    "browser": "node server.js"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "opn": "^5.3.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/game-of-life/server.js b/examples/game-of-life/server.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2fbb7f2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/game-of-life/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+var open = require('opn');
+var http = require('http');
+var fs = require('fs');
+
+const PORT = 9080; 
+
+fs.readFile('./game-of-life.html', function (err, html) {
+
+    if (err) throw err;    
+
+    http.createServer(function(request, response) {  
+        response.writeHeader(200, {"Content-Type": "text/html"});  
+        response.write(html);  
+        response.end();  
+    }).listen(PORT);
+});
+
+open('http://localhost:9080/game-of-life.html');
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