how-it-works

Getting Started

At its heart, this is just a Game of Life sandbox. Relax and just watch it unfold. If you want to try and make it into the High scores, read on.

  • The game consists of 2 main "games", a game of Life and a game of Death
  • They are both played in the same game mode, we just weight various metrics differently.
  • At the end, we check to see if you might have made it ontoto the high score list for your seed and edit count.
There will eventually be more game modes with more levels of interaction. Stay Tuned!!!

Life Score

Life Score animation

The main goal is to achieve a high Life Score by making the game live as long as possible. We then compare your results with other results that were created using the same edit counts. An edit is toggling a cell on or off. There is no penalty to a toggle, its just a different high score list.

Death Score

Death Score animation

There is also the concept of a Death Score. How empty can you leave the board? The amount of living cells at the end is the primary metric here. In the event of a tie, a shorter lifespan is better.