PSP homebrew dev maxthebest has released an early version of his own homebrew version of Conway's law, The Game of Life: Sound of Life. This version of his has one cool feature added: sound (the sound of life).

 

maxthebest notes that while there surely are a lot of other Game of Life brews out there already, what sets his work apart is that it's got a bigger matrix, which can make it all the more interesting (the matrix for his work is about 2,300 cells big).

Anybow, here are the functions and controls for the game:

• At the beginning of the game, a life pattern is randomly generated. You can renew it pressing Select.
• You can change the pitch of the sound generated by pressing UP and DOWN
• You can change the shape of the generated sound by pressing Square for square waves, Circle for Sin, and Triangle for Triangle.

As for future additions:

• Possibility to create your own life pattern/edit it during the evolution.
• Possibility to pause the evolution (and check for example how many generations have happened since the beginning)
• Load known patterns, such as gliders, canons, or whatever.

For more information, you can head over to maxthebest's blog via the link we've sourced below. Or you can join the discussion at our forums, also linked below, to share your comments and opinions on this brew.

And as always, make sure to check out the readme before installing any homebrew programs on your handheld.


Download: The Game of Life: Sound of Life
Discuss: QJ.NET's PSP Development Forums

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Other Game of Life homebrew releases:

• PSPLife: Conway's Game of Life clone