Conway’s Snake of Life

This was my first solo project during a Ludum Dare game jam in '17. It was an attempt at creating a Snake-like game set within the rules of Conway’s Game of Life. The player (the “snake”) consists of two traversing cells (dark blue) that always add “life” to the board, leaving behind a trail. The aim is to avoid the red oscilators while collecting yellow coins - both stable formations that emerge from Conway’s Game of Life evolving.

Give it a shot: browser game.