Cell Machine
Cell Machine
Arrange cells. Build machines. Destroy enemies.
Each cell on its own has a simple function, like moving or spawning other cells. But when combined, more interesting behavior emerges...
Made for the GMTK Game Jam 2020 with the theme "Out of Control". In the game, you only set the initial conditions on the grid of cells. After pressing play, you can no longer control anything. Instead, a simulation unfolds, with each cell behaving based on its own set of rules..
The game is based on cellular automata like Conway's Game of Life. Atoms, molecules, cells - do they behave deterministically? And if they do, does combining them together change that?
Also the cell based machines you make in this game can grow exponentially, literally becoming out of control.
MAKING OF
HOW TO PLAY
Rearrange cells in the build area. The goal is for them to interact in a way that results in an enemy cell being hit. Press the play button to run the simulation. Press the step button to execute one generation of the sim. Press the restart button to enable editing again.
CELLS
Mover - moves in the pointed direction
Push - can be pushed in any direction
Slider - can be pushed only in one direction
Rotator - rotates adjacent cells 90 degrees each generation
Generator - Duplicates the cell behind it each generation
Immobile - Does not move in any direction, but can be duplicated by a generator
Enemy - Overlap any cell with the enemy to kill it
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cool but where did you go are u dead?
Yeah, a level editor would be nice...
Yo, you should make a level editor I'd probably pay 5 bucks for it, and then you could send levels with a copy paste code or file that lets you gmail/just share it to others!
Suggestion: Add A Button Where If You Click It It Lets You Run A Mod You Have Downloaded.
sam hogan has abandoned his audience so that will prob never happen
---{ Graphics }---
☐ The 2019 remake of The Lion King
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☑ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ Foodfight!
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Rivals the Jurassic Park theme
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☑ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ The thing that replaces your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ The NeverEnding Story
---{ Price }---
☑ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☐ 8
☐ 9
☑ 10
the ranking names are silly :P
:) 🤞 love you sam
anyone knows what is this mod of CMMM? I know but I won't tell you
why?
it is schemacell
yeah it is schemacell, how'd you know?
the text (loaded cells) like from schemacel videos and new cells look sus
@luweegee uhh you sent links to CMMM on scratch but you can play real CMMM
go to mindustry
go to ca mindsutry
Everyone is saying level 7 is hard, no it is not and this is the solution lol
(btw I had schemacell open at the time)
did this on level 15 XP
I, too, have achieved true greatness
100%
Yo guys, try this on level 11. It is a 50/50 chance for some reason, pretty neat tho (press reset and try it again if it beats the level to see what I mean)
i tried it and yes it either kills all enemies either kills only the middle 2 enemies
with this pattern
yes no yes no yes no
like this with yes = kill all enemies and no = kills only 2 middle enemies
actually the slider can be moved on one axis (two directions) instead of one direction
Especially when there's not always a clear instruction about what you can move. I thought I could only move around my cells, but as it turns out - you can also move walls that are in your placing area. Overall good game.
Cell behavior is not deterministic. This is unfortunate for a puzzle game.
Ever wanted Cell Machine on Gameboy??
Here I present to you, Cellboy:
https://github.com/QwertyR0/CellBoy
Have Fun!!
you should try this game EVEN there is no player this game is still fun
我在b站上看到某些人转载的视频了(oh,i'msorry i forgot i'm from china.-)(:
我也看到了(I'm also from China) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
I passed a torture to solve level 11 just to know after that I can move grey blocks
grey blocks = immobile cells
how beat lvel 13 abd 16
look at the comment below yours
Fastest solution to level 16?
Also this is a number display for CMMM+ V3;O;O;{(0(9k)c)giYa)0t)-ia).h(17)eG)Nk(1r)s{(1q)ia{ac)0k(1o)8)Nm(3i)qc(2R)j)Neg(2e)f{(3s)j(1p)fA(1i)8(20)8)Ny(21)e(4S)k)N9)55A{<)db)Nu(3$)6)N4)e6(1p)z(7e)e)NG)Vf(N(2o)6)t5ii)g7)86(4X)7)Nm){4)C4(5m)9ii(7u)b)Nk(9d)8(21)icG(1p)n)t6S(7z)bS(6Z)6c(cc)l)N9(2P)8)N4i<(20)9)Ni6c(dW)i(21)7(20)5(dC)j(3r)5SS(3r)bSS(3p)a)Njc)G7)P4)05)86)m4(1o)5(1p)l(21)o(fE)o(N(2g)(bz)c)Nv(cZ)j(1p)w(ed)i(21)C(fD)c)NUg{4(43)M0{<{g)NC6)06c{(9L)6Y)tb(kY)c)886a2(j$)9(mw)p(1g)5o(nW)s;;
好玩，爱玩！请速速更新！
Hi not sure if anyone else has experienced this but when i run the game my CPU spikes up to 90% usage. My cpu is an i7-9700KF. Definitely think something is going on here
I had the same issue for a while I don't know how to fix it though one day it just didn't happen.
my brain exploded at level 7
Same! I can't get past it, no matter what I do!
easy
Thanks for the tip! I'll be sure to use this exact layout you provided!
I'm the real puller cell btw
um ask who i am in mindustry
easy
for level 11, you can move the gray blocks in the editing area around
Add the free mode, please :D
Try cell machine mystic mod
OK, thanks for the answer!
I'm on a chromebook that does not support linux so I cannot go on the cell machine mystic mod :(
I watched his devlog on this
same.
Same
i did 2
it is a great game
ez but hard??
did he win any prize
7 is the hard
Ik
bro it's zoomed in like crazy
Cool Game!
17:
How image???
I got a more organized to level 15 than what im seeing everybody else do and wanted to share
Yeah mine wasn't very organized at the end and I didn't use 1 block.
ok, turns out there are (atleast) 2 ways to do this! (excluding just positioning the contraption elsewhere.) mine is... urs except the bottom row is in line with the first one (square)
IMO this way is most satisfying (that formation in upper left corner) bcus it fills the ENTIRE board
I beat level 17 here is proof:
and I completed all levels lol
Okay. Some Levels Are Too Hard For Me.
And for me I beat all of them... btw im the real puller cell the youtuber
I wish you could create your own versions!
me too
me three :(
theres a scratch version online with sandbox
Where? What's the link?
Cool!
Sandbox mode?
theres a scratch version online with a sandbox
WHERE LINK?!??!
pls
https://turbowarp.org/636254448/fullscreen
why not just play regular cell machine mystic mod
But there is a mod called Cell Machine Mystic Mod
https://traloc-dheckoa.itch.io/cmmm
I beat level 11
slowest method to solve level 15?
116 moves to be exact.
Damn thats crazy, I was completely stuck on that on