Vitalie Ciubotaru

Previous posts on this topic:

• A[nother] strange idea: browser game
• The Game: progress (1)
• The Game: progress (2)
• The Game: progress (3)
• The Game: progress (4)
• The Game: progress (5)
• The Game: universality vs. specialization of players

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There should be some limit as to the plant size:

• Plant growth depends on resources aquired (production function :-) — better roots and leaves mean quicker growth
• Resources depend on resource endowment in each particular cell
• Plant growth is limited by cell size — the larger the plant is (relative to the cell size), the slower it can grow, other things equal

There should be some limit on the age:

• Death is not immediate, it’s the last phase in the plant life and it takes some time (more or less fixed), after which plant disappears
• Death phase is triggered randomly after age t₁. The probability of “death” linearly increases with age and reaches 100% at age t₂. Well, death should be predetermined (so as not to roll the dice every time), but should be kept secret from the player.
• Mmm … can attacks trigger death or they just hinder growth and proliferation?

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Followup posts on the game progress:

• The Game: plant types and species
• The Game: computing growth

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