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A member registered Jan 20, 2020
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The classic simulation based sandbox puzzle game, now Free to Play on PC and Mobile!
Puzzle
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5 things that would make this game a lot better:
1. Deterministic Logic: This mostly applies to the mover and generator cells. there are a couple situations where they act differently with the same initial conditions.
Examples:
It seems that these problems mostly come from the game randomly choosing which cell to move first if the cells are facing the same direction.
2. Settings menu: A place where you can adjust the volume of the game sounds and music, as well as being able to disable the retro effect that distorts the edges of the screen.
3. Better level editor/Sandbox mode: Currently you have to use a mod to get sandbox mode, and it's not a great sandbox. You can't zoom or pan and there is very limited space to work with. You can only move 1 block at a time.
I think this game needs an inventory. It will display your available cells, and how many of each type you have. Players should be able to drag and drop from the inventory bar, or select a cell (hotkeys would be nice), then click or drag in the build area to fill the space with that type of cell. The inventory bar should also have an eraser that removes cells from the board and puts them back in the inventory. It would also be nice to have the ability to move, copy, paste, and rotate whole selections of cells.
4. Delete cell: A new cell that acts similar to the enemy cells, but the player can place it and it can destroy any number of cells that get pushed into it. The game has a limited amount of space, and if you want to make advanced cellular automata, you can't use the generator cells because they tend to fill up the entire area and lock everything in place. its very hard to use them in controlled way.
TL;DR: Generator cells create more cells, but there's no balance because there is no cell that can delete all the cells it produces.
5. Save Files: you should be able to save and load your solutions to/from a file, and instead of sharing screenshots, you can actually share the saves themselves.
