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Space Research Games -- First release teaser

by Pedro Vicente · 09/17/2011 (9:48 pm) · 4 comments

Hello everyone,

Here are some screenshots and a video from our first release.

It's an implementation of John Conway's Game of Life, so nothing really new or original here. Game code is finished; we are polishing art at this time, after that it will be submitted to Apple for review.

Expected release date is November 2011, together with other title, a word puzzle game (this time really new and original, that we have high hopes for success; shhh, game play it's a secret at this time).

Features include Facebook connect, Open Feint, Game Center to submit score. Score in the Game of Life, are you wondering? It's non existent in the original game, I wanted to keep things more visually appealing so the score is just the number of cells alive at any given time. This number is translated visually to a series of fruits.

The first screenshot is a common interface for both games as well as this score system. I think it turned out really well, be sure to check out the video :-)

Game video

Thank you for any input!



www.space-research.org/games/life/life_01.png

www.space-research.org/games/life/life_02.png

#1
09/19/2011 (3:51 am)
Gratz to the first release.
#2
09/20/2011 (12:47 pm)
I agree with D Fasel, congrats =D.

I remember implementing Conway's Game Of Life for a C++ assignment during my gaming course last year, I thought the interplay between the simple rules and the complex behavior was pretty awesome.

Good luck to you when it comes out onto the store.
#3
09/20/2011 (3:10 pm)
Good luck Pedro, I'm curious about the word game :) The fruit scoring system in the GOL is interesting :)
#4
09/20/2011 (9:48 pm)
Thanks everyone.

@Benjamin

This was also done in C++:

www.garagegames.com/community/resources/view/21023

@Scott

When the word game is finished I'll announce here; I will also announce a Test Flight beta test (feel free to join :-) ); I expect it to be "the Tetris of word puzzle games".