- August 28, 2012
- Andrew Trevorrow
Golly
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About Golly
Golly is a single player casual simulation game. It was developed by Andrew Trevorrow and was released on August 28, 2012. It received very positive reviews from players.
For exploring Conway's Game of Life and many other types of cellular automata.
Reviews
- Extremely fast performance capable of simulating billions of cells even on cheap phones.
- Highly feature-rich with advanced editing tools, pattern saving/loading, and large rule customization.
- Well-implemented Android port of the popular desktop program with great UI features like pattern rotation and copying.
- Difficult to import external rule files on Android due to file access restrictions.
- User interface can be confusing and daunting for newcomers, described as cluttered and dated.
- Some stability issues reported such as crashes when creating custom rule files and certain features like help menus showing access errors.
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe game offers excellent optimization with fantastic performance and unmatched editing tools, though users suggest improvements to fullscreen mode for a true fullscreen experience and adding a quick-access menu for easier control.
“The editing tools are unmatched, and the performance is fantastic.”
“It is awesome and has amazing performance but I would like to see a better implementation of the fullscreen mode: make it actually fullscreen (not just hide a bar) and add a little fast-menu (e.g., on the press of the back button a box shows up with options to change the speed, move/draw, and stop/start options with one click).”
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Frequently Asked Questions
Golly is a casual simulation game. Common tags for Golly include free to play.
Golly is available on Phone, iPad, iPhone, Tablet and others.
Golly was released on August 28, 2012.
Golly was developed by Andrew Trevorrow.
Golly has received very positive reviews from players. Most players liked Golly for its optimization.
Golly is a single player game.