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Cell Garden
Plant a handful of seeds and let them grow by cellular-automaton rules; score the plants that end up on golden soil.
Experimental Emulator verified v1.0.0 17.6 KB
The JAR and JAD are the Original Java ME Version for phones and emulators. How to install.
About
A gardening puzzle built on a classic cellular automaton. Each generation, an empty plot with exactly three living neighbours sprouts, and a plant with two or three neighbours survives while the rest wither. In Challenge mode you get a limited number of seeds and a set number of generations; plan a pattern that blooms across the golden fertile plots and holds there when the growing stops. Five gardens per game. Sandbox mode gives unlimited seeds with run, pause and single-step controls for free experimenting.
Objective: Have as many plants as possible on golden plots when the final generation ends.
Modes: Challenge, Sandbox
cellular automaton life puzzle sandbox
Screenshots captured from the real JAR at 176x208 on the project's reference runtime; the third image is rendered by MicroEmulator 2.0.4.
Controls
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| 2/4/6/8 | Move cursor |
| 5 | Plant / remove seed |
| 0 | Grow (Sandbox: run / pause) |
| 1 | Single step (Sandbox) |
| # | Clear (Sandbox) |
| * | Pause menu |
In every game: 5 selects in menus, * pauses, and on the title screen # opens help and 0 toggles sound. The joystick and 2/4/6/8 are interchangeable.
Verification
| Level | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Build verified | Yes | Compiled against CLDC 1.0 / MIDP 2.0; JAR + JAD generated |
| Reference runtime | Yes | Passed at 128x128, 128x160, 176x208, 176x220, 240x320 |
| Emulator verified | Yes | Automated smoke test on MicroEmulator 2.0.4 (176x220) |
| Real device verified | No | Not yet tested on real hardware |
Tried it on a real phone? Send a device report.
Technical details
| MIDlet | cellgarden.CellGardenMIDlet |
|---|---|
| Platform | Java ME, CLDC 1.0, MIDP 2.0 |
| JAR size | 17.6 KB |
| Screens | 128x128, 128x160, 176x208, 176x220, 240x320 |
| Storage | RMS record store gk (settings, best score) |