NESW4: New Extreme Strategical Warfare 4

A two-player cellular automaton strategy game built with Rust and eframe (egui).

Overview

NESW4 is a competitive game where two players fight to dominate the grid by strategically choosing rules. Each player controls cells that spread based on neighbor patterns.

Game Rules

• Grid: A 64x64 toroidal (wrapping) grid

• Cell States:

  • Neutral (gray)
  • Player 1 (blue)
  • Player 2 (red)

• Rule System: Each rule defines a pattern of 4 neighbors (top, right, bottom, left). When a cell's neighbors match a player's rule, that cell becomes theirs.

Game Flow

1. Starting Rule Selection: Both players take turns selecting their initial rules.
2. Rounds (repeat):
   • Battle Phase: The grid evolves for 128 iterations based on player rules. The player with the most cells at the end wins the round.
   • Shop Phase: The loser of the battle shops first, then the winner. Players earn money and can buy new rules, delete a rule from a player or upgrade spawn probability.

Building and Running

cargo run --release

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Have fun dominating the grid!