{"author_link":"\/author\/deanoc\/","author_name":"DeanoC","author_uid":"4322","comments":[{"author_name":"DY","author_uid":"25166","time":"Aug 25, 2013 @ 6:22pm","epoch":1377454620,"text":"Oh man, i remember when i first time read about GoL. I made simple program and watch how everything change for hours. I've tested a lot of optional rules for that. Damn, that was magic."},{"author_name":"Hexicube","author_uid":"27352","time":"Aug 25, 2013 @ 8:15pm","epoch":1377461400,"text":"Game looks good but I am unable to press play, it's off the bottom of my screen and the buttons ignore scrolling and act like they're where they used to be."},{"author_name":"Ice","author_uid":"6242","time":"Aug 25, 2013 @ 10:10pm","epoch":1377468300,"text":"I could not figure out what to do =X"},{"author_name":"dekart","author_uid":"14826","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:16pm","epoch":1377537060,"text":"Not really sure how to play :)"},{"author_name":"Thermite","author_uid":"27791","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:26am","epoch":1377764460,"text":"A bit confusing, but I love the idea!"},{"author_name":"Amber","author_uid":"27474","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 10:05am","epoch":1377770400,"text":"I don't understand how it works or what my choices do, but it's fun to watch!"},{"author_name":"Danex317","author_uid":"5040","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 10:41pm","epoch":1377815760,"text":"Interesting idea. Hard to play though. I was only able to make a few slimers."},{"author_name":"flarb","author_uid":"21519","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 10:44pm","epoch":1377815940,"text":"The game of life is kind of relentless--regardless of your input, life goes on! :)"},{"author_name":"Brejlounek","author_uid":"19599","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 3:45pm","epoch":1378395600,"text":"game of life is always fun, not sure what to do here :)"},{"author_name":"Binary Gambit","author_uid":"20783","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 4:00pm","epoch":1378396500,"text":"interesting. Could do with a few more stages of graphical change, so that the RGB germs dont jump around so much, and perhaps more magnifications so you can see the patterns occurring around your "base". was fun!"},{"author_name":"kratorspore","author_uid":"6762","time":"Sep 5, 2013 @ 4:12pm","epoch":1378397220,"text":"Interesting idea. Could definitely do with more development."}],"images":["ld27\/4322-f178e6b8ae7017a8733fe9d2e1c251e0.jpg","ld27\/4322-95ff906809b2d96a2d819d32f4d4a896.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/test.cloudpixies.com","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/test.cloudpixies.com\/LD27.7z","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"24381","g_author":"4322","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"24411","g_title":"Ten Second Germification","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"11","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/4322-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/4322-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"The game is a variant of Conway\u2019s Game of Life, where you can try and win victory for your germs (the pinky\/purple dudes). Its a turn based game, where you can move your units (Queen, Farmer and Slimer) around via mouse (click on the unit and then where you want to go), Queens and Farmers can settle down and then breed germs and try to influence the rules of Game of Life. Queens breed 8 purple germs, whereas farms breed some red, green or blue germs (for food).\r\n\r\nEvery 10 seconds a breed cycle occurs, whereas the board evolves every second.\r\n\r\nThat is pretty much all there is to it, but its quite hypnotic and damn hard to win (there is no formal win condition, just controlling most of the board).\r\n\r\nI pretty much sure that no-one will know how to play it, its more of a Game Of Life Toy than a game but anyway its done and submitted!\r\n\r\nA quick summary I did for a friend was pretty much\r\n\r\n\u201cYou start with a queen, settle her down (click on her and menu will appear to the right) when she has enough food, breed farmers or slimers or another queen see if you can make it more purple than red, green or blue\u201d","title":"Ten Second Germification"}