Cell Theory
A game that goes on forever...
ABOUT
Cell Theory is a game inspired by the popular zero-player cellular automaton "Conway's Game of Life" . In Cell Theory, create a simulation by placing grids on the screen, and press SPACE to see your simulation come to life! There are TONS of combinations, so there are pretty much endless possibilities (how fun).
The game, while sort of not original, has some new stuff to offer. What are those new stuff, you ask? Well...
WHAT'S NEW?
There's still the normal game mode, but there are also 3 BRAND NEW game modes in Cell Theory that completely change the rules of the simulation. New properties can emerge from...
- MULTIMODE: Cells are immortal, causing them to grow at an alarming rate.
- STRETCHMODE: This makes it so that cells stretch out horizontally, sometimes even completely mirroring the other side!
AND...
- CHAOSMODE: Cells still die, but they can now duplicate in various new ways not possible in any other mode! Even placing One cell will make the simulation sprout with new patterns and formations.
But how does the simulation even work? Well, let's briefly explain that here in...
HOW IT WORKS!
"Conway's Game of Life" is a form of Cellular Automaton created by mathematician John Conway. In "Conway's Game of Life", cells interact in a grid determined by certain conditions that are met. These conditions are the same ones in Cell Theory and they go as followed:
- Any live cell with fewer than two live neighbors dies, as if caused by under population.
- Any live cell with two or three live neighbors lives on to the next generation.
- Any live cell with more than three live neighbors dies, as if by overpopulation.
- Any dead cell with exactly three live neighbors becomes a live cell, as if by reproduction.
CREDITS:
Programming: Tob
Art: Tob
Game Mode Concepts: Trace
Font: Monogram by datagoblin
Music: Royalty Free Music Pack by Tim Beek
THANK YOU!
Thank you for checking out our project, we hope you have an awesome day :)
(Quick note: Certain screenshots from the game are from early versions of the game. The HTML file is SUPER LAGGY. Think of it as a demo.)
Download
Install instructions
- Download Zip file
- Extract file
- Click on Application (exe, app, etc.)
- You're all set :)
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Development log
- NEW TRAILER!!!Dec 23, 2021
- LINUX VERSION RELEASED! More news, Update hiatus, Troubleshooting, Bugs, and Mor...Dec 21, 2021
- WINDOWS BEING FIXED! Updates, Linux, and More!Dec 21, 2021
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It's already been a year since the game has released.
Cool!
You Might have some trouble opening the project because your computer doesn't recognize the developer. Because of this, there may be some troubleshooting. Reply to this comment stating your problem and we'll try to help you fix it. Thanks :)
Also, we don't have a windows, so there might be some problems with THAT as well.
EDIT: Alright, there is a problem. We are fixing it at this very second.
ANOTHER EDIT: The Windows build now WORKS!!! You just have to extract the files and run the game! Let us know if there are any issues :)
ANOTHER ANOTHER EDIT: Linux in development
ANOTHER ANOTHER ANOTHER EDIT: Linux is out.
HTML 5 coming eventually.