Installation
The lives.prc is the only file you need to install. Uninstalling
the old version beforehand is recommended.
Uninstallation is
simple: just delete the program and it will go away. The game takes
about 22kb.
Rules
The order of moves is the following: Red (black) and Yellow (white)
player alternately get N moves on N times N board (for example,
with boardsize 9, Red gets 5 moves and Yellow 4 moves). Then the
sequence (Yellow, Life, Yellow, Red, Life, Red) is repeated until
the winning player gets at least 2/3 of all living cells after the
life step. If the board gets empty, the game ends in a draw.
The moves of the two players are to place a cell of one's own
colour to an empty point. The Life step corresponds to the rules
of the Game of Life. A cell lives if it has 2 or 3 cells in its
8-neighbourhood. A new cell is born in an empty point, if there
is exactly 3 cells in the 8-neighbourhood. The colour of the new
cells is determined by majority.
User Interface
The game is played by tapping the squares on the board. For the life step you can tap anywhere on the board. Starting a new game and selecting options is possible using the menu. The delay option applies between life and palm moves.
The status bar below the board indicates the 5 next turns (from left to right) and the balance between the red and yellow (black and white) cells.