Lifestock

My contribution for Ludum Dare 44. 

Get into the lucrative business of trading dots - I mean the cynical life haggling scene.

As a keeper of tiny organisms your job is to prune the herd and give them optimal living conditions. During the day the lifeforms go about their daily business procreating, but at night you can harvest and sell the specimens. Click on the ones you want to sell, you can see where organisms will die and new ones appear depending on your selections. The aim of the game is to make as much GLC (Gross Life Currency) as possible. Oh and theres carnivorous entities as well, maybe they can be useful in your scheme - but most likely not.

I didn't have time to add instructions or a tutorial, so here is an overview:

Green circles represent living organisms. Organisms will die and spawn according to the following rules:
An empty (red) circle will spawn a new organism if it has exactly 3 living (green) neighbours.
A living (green) circle will survive to the next round if it has 2 or 3 living neighbours.
In all other cases living circles will die and turn red.

The game is divided into 3 day cycles and 3 night cycles. During the day cycles the simulation will run on it's own. During the night cycles the player can sell any organisms. Select a green circle to see what the effect will be if you sell it.
The aim of the game is to keep the colony alive for as long as possible, and also to sell of as many organisms as possible. The final score will be the amount of organisms you have sold.

The predators may intervene in your plans in unexpected ways, but add to your total earnings. (Also they are kind of buggy and unfinished) ;)

The game is based on a mathematical simulation / algorithm called Game of Life:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_Game_of_Life