{"author_link":"\/users\/omeys","author_name":"Omeys","author_uid":"omeys","comments":[],"epoch":1570398983,"event":"LD45","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":171547,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"135488","p_author":"Omeys","p_authorkey":"1077948","p_urlkey":"351747","p_title":"The Rose That Grew From Concrete","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD45","p_time":"1570398983","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1077948","us_name":"Omeys","us_username":"omeys","event_start":"1570147200","event_key":"78","event_name":"Ludum Dare 45"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD45","removed_author":false},"_superparent":159347,"_trust":1,"author":77948,"body":"![conway.png](\/\/\/raw\/c70\/31\/z\/2662b.png)\n\nInspired by Conway\u2019s Game of Life and Tupac Shakur\u2019s poem of the same name as this game, \u201cThe Rose That Grew From Concrete\u201d 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\u2019s mechanics are a testament to the impossible feat of a overcoming the harshest conditions without any instructions.\n\nHow to play (for now, may iterate for JAM):\n\nYou start with 5 rose seeds. You plant them and run the simulation. The simulation runs according to Conway\u2019s rules for the Game of Life.\nEvery time a cell is \u201calive\u201d, its \u201cgrowth\u201d 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\u2019s poem is unlocked.\nWin condition is to unlock the whole poem.\n\nI'm not going to make the compo. I am aiming for the jam now.","comments":0,"created":"2019-10-06T21:54:33Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":171547,"love":2,"love-timestamp":"2019-10-06T22:11:38Z","meta":[],"modified":"2019-10-06T22:11:38Z","name":"The Rose That Grew From Concrete","node-timestamp":"2019-10-06T21:56:23Z","parent":171498,"parents":[1,5,9,159347,171498],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/the-rose-that-grew-from-concrete\/the-rose-that-grew-from-concrete","published":"2019-10-06T21:56:23Z","scope":"public","slug":"the-rose-that-grew-from-concrete","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":502658},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"171547","n_urlkey":"351747","n_parent":"171498","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/the-rose-that-grew-from-concrete\/the-rose-that-grew-from-concrete","n_slug":"the-rose-that-grew-from-concrete","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"77948","n_created":"1570398873","n_modified":"1570399898","n_version":"502658","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/the-rose-that-grew-from-concrete\/the-rose-that-grew-from-concrete","text":"![conway.png](\/\/\/raw\/c70\/31\/z\/2662b.png)\n\nInspired by Conway\u2019s Game of Life and Tupac Shakur\u2019s poem of the same name as this game, \u201cThe Rose That Grew From Concrete\u201d 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\u2019s mechanics are a testament to the impossible feat of a overcoming the harshest conditions without any instructions.\n\nHow to play (for now, may iterate for JAM):\n\nYou start with 5 rose seeds. You plant them and run the simulation. The simulation runs according to Conway\u2019s rules for the Game of Life.\nEvery time a cell is \u201calive\u201d, its \u201cgrowth\u201d 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\u2019s poem is unlocked.\nWin condition is to unlock the whole poem.\n\nI'm not going to make the compo. I am aiming for the jam now.","title":"The Rose That Grew From Concrete","wayback_source":[]}