Grid Gambit

Control a Living Conway System in a Chaotic Multiplayer Arena

Grid Gambit is an unpredictable multiplayer territory-control game set inside a live Conway’s Game of Life. Built for the GDevelop Big Game Jam #8, you’ll battle players, survive cellular hazards, and even take over the simulation itself.

🎮 Core Gameplay

Play as a rogue AI cube on a 100×100 evolving grid. Move, paint, capture, survive.

• 🕹️ Move: WASD or ARROWS
• 🎨 Toggle tiles: SPACE
• 🧪 Watch Conway patterns shift and collide
• 🌐 Drop-in multiplayer via SpaceTimeDB
• ⚠️ Conway cells deal damage over time
• 🔫 Press F to fire a Conway Bullet

🎯 Objective

Capture 8 outer points and the center. Paint every tile, defend it, and outplay other players.

Hold any 2 outer points + the center to unlock Conway Controller Mode

One player is the Conway controller at any given time, and other players can take over control.  

📡 Conway Controller Mode

• 🌀 Deploy preset Conway patterns
• 🚀 Drop gliders, pulsars, spaceships, etc.
• ⏸️ Pause/resume the entire simulation
• 🧱 Add or delete live cells anywhere

🤖 Multiplayer Mayhem

• 🟦 Fight for control points
• 🟥 Repaint enemy territory
• 💥 Trigger chaotic cellular reactions
• 💀 Beware Conway disasters

Progress persists across respawns - but the grid never stops changing.

🧪 Early Demo

• ⚡ Chaotic interactions
• 🌪️ Unstable Conway chain reactions
• ⚙️ Experimental balance
• 🧱 Rough edges

💬 Feedback Welcome!

Looking for thoughts on pacing, chaos, multiplayer feel, hazards, and new pattern ideas.

Gdevelop coding, layout, and design by OregonLoon
Music with help from Suno
Backend server development with help from Cursor
Persistent multiplayer server backend utilizes SpacetimeDB