🌸 Conway's Garden Life by joonamo

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made by joonamo for Ludum Dare 46 (COMPO)

In Conway's Garden Life your plants live or die by the classic rules of Conway's Game of Life. Plant your seeds and see them flourish (or die)! Do you think you're the best gardener around? Prove it in the leaderboards or check the replays of the best gardens.

The game works in both desktop and mobile browsers, so you can make the best garden in the world, anywhere in the world.

Play right here: https://garden.joonamo.com/

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Ratings

Overall 337th 3.622⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Fun 570th 3.222⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 579th 3.211⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Theme 671th 3.5⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 484th 3.5⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Humor 711th 2.329⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Mood 576th 3.143⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Given 36🗳️ 31🗨️

Feedback

Tadeas Paule
20. Apr 2020 · 14:37 UTC
Beautiful, nice UI and flower images, it was very soothing just watching the game of life unfold. Good job :)
Sheinxy
20. Apr 2020 · 14:41 UTC
A cute take on late John Conway's game of life!


I don't have much to say, it is nice, simple, entertaining
Congrats!

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Gallahron
20. Apr 2020 · 14:41 UTC
Cool idea! I like the online leaderboards and how skilled good players can be/
Arcus
20. Apr 2020 · 14:41 UTC
Ha ha! This is a great adaptation of the Game Of Life! the 'multiplayer' feature is very cool. There is no music / sound effects, wich if included could make things a bit more interesting, but overall it's great fun!
Michaela Schanes
20. Apr 2020 · 14:42 UTC
I love that this is so clean and the graphics are great!
David Bohan
20. Apr 2020 · 14:43 UTC
I'm a big fan of Conway's Game of Life... it's cool to see a competitive version of it.
pedromgdo
20. Apr 2020 · 14:43 UTC
Good spin on one of the most unique games out there! quite fun to climb the leaderboards
sanjuro
20. Apr 2020 · 14:43 UTC
Very good looking user interface, also props for the leaderboard, it's a really nice touch. I think that a right choice of sounds could make it pop even more. Good job!
healthire
20. Apr 2020 · 14:45 UTC
Twist on a classic! Very nice. Leaderboards with replays is a really cool touch.
Owl_Skip
20. Apr 2020 · 14:46 UTC
Very nice, I did a Conway based game as well if you fancy it. Good work.
binroot
20. Apr 2020 · 14:46 UTC
RIP John Conway. Cool tribute! At one point, it really looked like the flowers were expanding in a naturally realistic way. I had more fun randomly spreading the seeds than I expected. Sure, there's some strategy in carefully picking the starting points, but it was way more life-like to spray and hope it all works out, haha.
mutuware
20. Apr 2020 · 14:46 UTC
Nice work on adding a scorboard. FYI: https://itch.io/jam/conways-jam
cjgammon
20. Apr 2020 · 14:46 UTC
Nice little game, had me playing around with what works and what doesn't. I wasn't too familiar with the rules for this or the right strategy so it was fun to experiment.
ZwodahS
20. Apr 2020 · 14:46 UTC
nice take on conway game of life :D I got 1.7m ! :D

good game
BloodpulpGames
20. Apr 2020 · 14:47 UTC
i cant believe there's an online leaderboard, that's so cool
ETdoFresh
20. Apr 2020 · 14:47 UTC
Thanks! I totally forgot what how the game of life worked, and i kept scattering my flowers and they were dying. Right before I rage quit, I realized I had to clump them together. Much more fun that way! :)
PinballJunior
20. Apr 2020 · 14:49 UTC
Such a great concept and fun to play. Nice and simple to use as well.
BlipBloop
20. Apr 2020 · 14:50 UTC
Clever. I really like the idea of making GoL into a real game. The fact that this has a score board aswell is also impressive. Solid work!
BGameDev
20. Apr 2020 · 14:51 UTC
Great game to unleash your potential to experiment. Nice Game.
🎤 joonamo
20. Apr 2020 · 14:51 UTC
@mutuware Thanks for the tip! I might enter there as well (if it is ok by the rules)!

@zwodahs I can see your replay, nice work with the score! :muscle_tone5:

@owl-skip I'll check your game out, great theme :wink:

edit: Checked out @owl-skip 's game and recommend it for everyone :thumbsup:
armytag
20. Apr 2020 · 14:52 UTC
Very nice idea, taking a classic concept and expanding on it with 3 different types of flowers, takes it beyond the original "game". Visuals are great and the whole aesthetic is very pleasant. Love being able to see the layouts others used for their high-scores. Nice job!
Rirdeg
20. Apr 2020 · 14:53 UTC
Very cool, its mesmerising to watch different patters grow and decline. The leaderboard implementation is very good too!
I'm very impressed. Well done
Geryon Games
20. Apr 2020 · 14:55 UTC
Very nice concept and idea for a game. The UI feels good and the graphics are nice. The highscores is a nice touch.
munmungames
20. Apr 2020 · 15:03 UTC
Good tribute to Conway ! It's nice to have a leaderboard :)
mimusangel
20. Apr 2020 · 15:07 UTC
Game of life reviewed with flowers!
Hanamigi
20. Apr 2020 · 15:09 UTC
Smart concept, well executed, polished. Good job! A short popup that explains the Game of Life rules would add a bit of user friendliness.
🎤 joonamo
20. Apr 2020 · 15:17 UTC
@hanamigi Thanks! I was thinking about typing out the rules, but couldn't figure out how do it elegantly while also explaining the rules of _my_ game :sweat_smile:
Faulkin
20. Apr 2020 · 15:18 UTC
On my first try all my plants died before June... just like real life! :(
🎤 joonamo
20. Apr 2020 · 15:22 UTC
@faulkin I'll try make a less realistic game next time 🤭 Thanks for playing!
Jupiter_Hadley
20. Apr 2020 · 21:32 UTC
Cute yet challenging game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 46 compilation video series, if you want to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/eHokHalkfT0
🎤 joonamo
21. Apr 2020 · 06:00 UTC
@jupiter-hadley This might be a first time any of my games has appeared in a video, thanks for playing! :blush: You didn't break the game, the rules are just quite harsh and I should have given better tips how to make your garden prosper. The flowers like to stay close to other flowers, but not too close :cherry_blossom:
Remco
21. Apr 2020 · 10:08 UTC
A timely homage to Conway! Sad to hear about his recent passing.

It's certainly an intriguing idea, but patterns in the game of life are hard to predict (for us humans anyway), meaning you either have to look up some generators or just hope for the best. There isn't a lot you can do, especially if you're in a losing pattern, leading to a lot of restarts. I'm not sure if that's what you where going for?

Props for actually gamifying 'The Game Of Life' though :smile: and the scoreboard certainly does it's job when it comes to 'I wonder how that high-score got started', especially since you can view their solution! That last bit is a really nice addition that's easily overlooked.
Bonyok77
21. Apr 2020 · 13:15 UTC
Yea it's pretty cool and entertaining patterns to look at...
Monish Vyas
28. Apr 2020 · 15:06 UTC
I loved the game so much, got 7th on the highscore list. The game looks very much polished and features packed. You added multiplayer also you could see how other players got their scores. But that also tempted me to checkout the top scorer's placements. Overall a solid entry and a really fun game.