Flowers for Johnny
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I've played a lot of puzzle/optimization games and I've always wanted to implement Conway's Game of Life just for fun. Seemed like a good time to combine both.
Overall I'm very pleased that I got a compo entry in on time, and with the core loop closed, levels and scores and all those bits that make a game, a game. It doesn't always work out like this!
That said, there are some janky bits in the animation that given more time, I would sort out. First on my list for improvements though would be adding some feedback when you achieve your objectives, or beat your personal best, and of course having the scores persist between sessions.
The "music" is the laziest composition ever but I wanted to be able to tick the music box. Vangelis I am not.
There is some humor lurking too if you know where to look, it's very low key though. The real joke of course is in the source code.
Obligatory tech notes:
Engine: Unity3D
Art: Paint.net
Music: https://sb.bitsnbites.eu/
There is help in-game on how to play but you may find the example patterns at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life to be helpful if you get stuck.
Overall I'm very pleased that I got a compo entry in on time, and with the core loop closed, levels and scores and all those bits that make a game, a game. It doesn't always work out like this!
That said, there are some janky bits in the animation that given more time, I would sort out. First on my list for improvements though would be adding some feedback when you achieve your objectives, or beat your personal best, and of course having the scores persist between sessions.
The "music" is the laziest composition ever but I wanted to be able to tick the music box. Vangelis I am not.
There is some humor lurking too if you know where to look, it's very low key though. The real joke of course is in the source code.
Obligatory tech notes:
Engine: Unity3D
Art: Paint.net
Music: https://sb.bitsnbites.eu/
There is help in-game on how to play but you may find the example patterns at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life to be helpful if you get stuck.