Re: [life] hello again!

[Richard Rognlie <rrognlie@gamerz.net>]

Nope.   wrong game.

Life is properly "Conway's Game of Life"


in the single player version, it's just build patterns.

In the multi-player version it works like this.


NxN board

start of game, each player has M cells "seeded" on the board.

player 1 adds a single cell of their own, and also 
selects a single cell for destruction.   

Then a "generation" is born.

(what is a generation?   good question... glad you asked)

for each cell on the board, count the number of cells around it.
    if the total number of cells is less than 2, it dies of loneliness
    if the total number of cells is 4 or more, it dies of starvation

If a cell is empty, but surrounded by exactly 3 cells, a birth occurs.
the color of the cell is the same as the majority color around it.

(in 2 player, there will always be a majority.   what about 3+ players?
don't know... good question)


now it's player 2's turn.   add a cell, kill a cell.
'generation'

lather rinse repeat.



once a player is out... they remain out.   No way to add a cell.


continue until only 1 player remains.




On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 01:58:35PM -0800, Scott Huddleston wrote:
> I'd forgotten about this list.
> 
> Is life as a game anything like the life logic puzzles at
> <http://clickmazes.com/life/ixlife.htm> ?  The idea behind these
> puzzles is you have one "intelligent" cell that can stay put or move
> one space each turn.  It has to traverse from a start position to
> an end position, surviving using the rules of life.
> 
> >I wonder how many of you are still subscribed to this list since December of
> >2000.  :-)   Anyways, someone brought up about the game of LIFE again and wants
> >me to program it.  If that person is here, would you care to start a discussion
> >about your rules for LIFE?  :-)  
> 
> 
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