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Life: 42 Cells

By kara

Percentile
CategoryRankScoreCountLD46Ever
Overall18843.202227.240.3
Fun17403.082232.543.3
Innovation17313.032231.741.5
Theme17843.382229.344.4
Graphics21522.68228.417.3
Humor20131.66210.53.1
Mood23202.35222.46.6

Comments

hag 2020-04-21 13:54 ♥ 2

I wasn't really sure how to play it 🤔 I did click around for a fair bit of time. I enjoy the cell "simulation", I just couldn't figure out how to beat it before I got too bored. Good job anyways! 🙂

siegmayer 2020-04-21 13:56 ♥ 1

interesting concept but very confusing

claytonrumley 2020-04-21 14:01 ♥ 1

Well done, though I could only get up to 26 as my best score! I also used Conway's Game of Life as the inspiration for my entry (as you know). Yours is a clever take on the Game of Life.

wikers 2020-04-21 14:01 ♥ 2

i think is good, but maybe you need to put some menu or tutorial for new players nice job

sulo 2020-04-21 14:07 ♥ 1

Really unique! It took me a while to grasp the principle but in the end I got there (43 cells).

thedouche 2020-04-21 14:08 ♥ 1

Cool little game, wasn't to sure how to play tho. :S

But cool simulations! Keep on going!

caberu 2020-04-21 14:12 ♥ 1

DAAAMN IT WAS SO FUN! It was a very good idea to turn Conway's game of life in a little game like this! The way you have to experiment to understand how the particles works is very cool! Great entry!

monetai 2020-04-21 15:15 ♥ 1

Game of life for the win =) Very cool idea to use it like this!

boxedmeatrevolution 2020-04-27 21:17 ♥ 1

Way more fun than I thought it was going to be! I actually feel like I've learned a lttle bit about the still-lives in game of life. To win I needed to find ways to consistently transform one still life into another (or group of others). A lot of fun! My only request is that you let me keep playing beyond 42 points 😄

justin-toyo 2020-04-27 21:20 ♥ 1

Its a great idea, although a bit hard to try and predict what would get destroyed and what would live. The cell behavior was a bit too random for me. It'd be really nice to see a system where it is easier to predict how the player's actions might influence the game to enable more skill-based playing. Just felt a bit too random for me

quadape 2020-04-28 18:12 ♥ 1

A clever way to gamefy the game of life. Good job! I wish there were a tutorial-reminder of the rules, so there would be no need to look it up.

amarillion 2020-04-28 19:20 ♥ 1

Brilliant idea to combine the rules of GO + the rules of Game of Life. Now, the game of life is an actual game.

With a bit of trial and error you start to discover certain stable patterns, and you can actually manage to go more-or-less towards a goal.

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I fear, once you've figured out how it works, the replay value is limited. Perhaps you could do a two-player mode, where the computer keeps track of who captured which area?

Have you thought about submitting to Conway's jam of life as well? https://itch.io/jam/conways-jam

kent-reese 2020-04-29 19:53 ♥ 1

As a big nerd, I love Conway's Game of Life, this is a really neat take on it! Thank you for making something for John, I was sad to hear of his passing.

david-knox 2020-04-29 20:23 ♥ 1

This is a great homage to Conway, and a fun experiment with his most well-known work. Kudos!