The Next Generation (Conway's Game of Life Puzzles)
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Inspired by the recent passing of John Conway, I made a Game of Life puzzle game.
Each level gives you a goal pattern. Click the cells to create a start pattern, and then click the play button to apply the Game of Life rules. You win when the generated pattern matches the goal.
Play here!
If you get stuck and don't mind spoilers, then here are the solutions to all of the levels!
Here is the retrospective that talks about the process of creating this game, brainstorming, barking up the wrong tree for 24 hours, almost dropping out, everything I googled, and a timelapse of what the game looked like from start to finish.
Each level gives you a goal pattern. Click the cells to create a start pattern, and then click the play button to apply the Game of Life rules. You win when the generated pattern matches the goal.
Play here!
If you get stuck and don't mind spoilers, then here are the solutions to all of the levels!
Here is the retrospective that talks about the process of creating this game, brainstorming, barking up the wrong tree for 24 hours, almost dropping out, everything I googled, and a timelapse of what the game looked like from start to finish.