Warning: there are known bugs on Mac OS/X. Please make sure you have java 1.5+ (Java 7 is preferred). I currently have no way to fix these bugs because I don't own a mac, but more detailed error reports would be nice (try opening a java console).
Changes since the end of LD24: -Made Small tweaks to certain components to improve timing -Changed the window closing method due to difficulties on some systems -Removed unnecessary console printing commands, graphics contexts, and buffers
PLEASE READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS. THEY ARE MUCH CLEARER THAN THE IN-GAME ONES. The in-game instructions are not very clear due to size restrictions.
This is a game where you try to overcome the enemy by placing cells and capturing points on
a grid to make your species the majority in the gene pool. If a cell has 1-2 neighbors, it
survives, but any more or any less, it dies. When a cell is placed on the grid that
square is captured for the species that the cell belongs to until the other species
captures that square. When the time ends, the species (team) has the most tiles captured
wins! (Warning: the AI can play this game really well!). Press escape or minimize to pause.
I really liked this, plays very intuitively (which you can tell, when a game has comments like "I don't know what I am doing, but I am having fun" :) Unfortunately it is enough just to capture more tiles by clicking very fast on the borders of your captured territory. So I won the game before I had actually realized the rule that you need 1-2 neighbours for a cell to survive. I played it again afterwards but didn't feel like planning more made me play better :) Anyway: Good job!
Interesting, but a little too easy - I was able to just click randomly and get it to work. I'm a fan of Conway's Game of Life, and this seemed similar. By the end, I had around 145 points and the AI only had 100-120 (I forget).
I didn't understand much, but was very fun! I survived the natural selection more than one time! xD I just think was maybe too easy, I think I was more fast than the IA, I don't know but, perhaps if the game have some way to make the player get the cells more slowly will be good? Sorry my bad english ^^'
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Had to restart a few times since the red team starting kicking my butt before I figured out what to do.
Though as far as I could tell you need to Ctrl-C to kill the window; you might want to add a window close listener or map some key commands to quit.
I'm using linux.
I just think was maybe too easy, I think I was more fast than the IA, I don't know but, perhaps if the game have some way to make the player get the cells more slowly will be good? Sorry my bad english ^^'