Inspired by Conway's Game of Life and Tupac Shakur's poem of the same name as this game, "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" is a open ended puzzle game with multiple or no solutions (I cannot do the math to figure out whether the game has a solution or not). The game's mechanics are a testament to the impossible feat of a overcoming the harshest conditions without any instructions.

How to play (for now, may iterate for JAM): 1. You start with 5 rose seeds. You plant them and run the simulation. The simulation runs according to Conway's rules for the Game of Life. 2. Every time a cell is "alive", its "growth" count is incremented. When the growth count reaches 8, that cell blossoms into a flower. You get a seed for every flower that blooms. For every flower you bloom, one word from Tupac's poem is unlocked. 3. Win condition is to unlock the whole poem.