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Name of Project: Cells
Inspiration: Cell Machine by Sam Hogan
Introduction
Vocabulary Time
What is a cellular automaton? According to Wikipedia,
Not helpful.
One popular example is, you’ve guessed it or not, Conway’s Game of Life, hopscotchified by @Spy_Guy_96. You have an initial squares organization, and the computer runs your program infinitely.
Until it has no battery, duh.
So Cells is indeed a puzzle where you have to get something with an initial tile organization. And don’t you dare say it’s easy because it’s not. :PP
Game of Life. Better.
Game of life is indeed one of my favourite games in Hopscotch. You draw an initial pattern and you contemplate the magic behind that project. Or you think about what to eat tonight. In both cases, you can notice there are no goals, no wins or no loses in Game of life. Well, this is normal, since the game itself is not designed to have any goals.
Not for Cells.
Cells, created by the awesome coder Sam Hogan, is indeed designed to be played, not to be contemplated. Although Sam did indeed get inspiration from Game of life, Cells is a puzzle where you have a goal. Kind of a Game of Life Remastered.
**I am not here to say Game of Life is boring. Game of Life is the most similar game to Cells that you can find on Hopscotch, so i used it for comparaison. Just think how it’ll be weird if i compare Cells with Summer 2021 Competition announcement.
So how to play Cells?
You have 6 different tiles open the summary to mess around with. They each have a different power, such as cloning or not moving yes, that counts. You use the combined power to destroy the 7th tile, the enemy tile.
Game Status
About Tile Features
About Tile Features
Features | Difficulty | Status |
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Immobile Tile | ![]() |
Done |
Move Tile |
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Done |
Push Tile |
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Not started yet |
Horizontal Push Tile |
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Not started yet |
Vertical Push Tile |
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Not started yet |
Cloning Tile |
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Not started yet |
Rotating Tile | ![]() |
Not started yet |
Enemy Tile | ![]() |
Not started yet |
About Cells’ Versioning Updates
About Cells Updates
Version | Time | About |
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0.1.4 | 5th April 2022 | Screen to string conversion is now supported |
0.1.5 | 5th April 2022 | Screen to string conversion is improved and other minor improvements. |
0.1.6 | 6th April 2022 | Instead of jumping to next emplacement, push tile makes a little animation. |
0.1.7 | 6th April 2022 | Begins working on collisions. |
… | … | … |
0.1.13 | 10th April 2022 | Right basic collision is done. |
0.1.14 | 10 April 2022 | Better collision code, minor user improvement and bug fixes. |
0.1.15 | 10 April 2022 | Minor code interface improvements. |
0.1.16 | 10 April 2022 | Minor collision code improvements. |
… | … | … |
0.1.21 | 11 April 2022 | Bottom basic collision is done. |
… | … | … |
0.1.25 | 12 April 2022 | Right basic collision is done, discovered a critical bug. |
0.1.26 | 12 April 2022 | Up basic collision is done, bug fix, discovered two other bugs. |
0.1.27 | 12 April 2022 | Bug fix. |
0.1.28 | 13 April 2022 | All known bugs are now fixed. |
0.1.29 | 13 April 2022 | Screen reload is way faster now. |
0.2.0 | 13 April 2022 | Immobile tile and push tile now have their own picture. |
0.2.1 | 13 April 2022 | Better graphics. |
… | … | … |
1.0.0.0 | 2 May 2022 | Move Tile is finished. |
Latest Public Link & Game Screenshot
Latest Public Link
In this topic
Basics
→ You will need to fake laugh at my bad jokes.
→ You can ask to be tagged for major, minor, or all updates.
→ You can ask any questions.
→ I will tag @/Rectangle in the OP - wait i think i already did it? - and for everyone major updates.
Frequently Imagined Questions (FAQ becomes FIQ)
→ When will be the next Cells’ public link?
Wait for it.
→ Can i be tagged?
Yup, you can ask to be tagged for major, minor, or all sorts of updates.
→ Can i stop being tagged?
You will need to be tagged to ask to stop being tagged.
→ Can i suggest a new tile idea?
Of course! Go for it and thanks. Do it preferably here tho.