Growth and Decay: A head-to-head word game

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Growth and Decay: A head-to-head word game

Game Information

Short Introduction:

A free android game for two players. Grow your words, then make your opponent's words extinct!

Platform/System:

Android mobile device

Brief Play Description:

This is a face-to-face two player game. During the grow phase, build high scoring words just as in other popular word games.

During the decay phase you have to unmake your opponent's word: One letter at a time. Each time you take away a letter, what remains must spell a valid word... Now available, free, on Android Market!

Updated source code is available at: https://github.com/brinkmwj/Growth-and-Decay

Achievements and Credits

GGJ-2011 Achievements:

Do and Undo: The game features a phase of creation and assemblage, followed by a phase of removal of all traces of expended effort.

Team Image:

Contributors:

brinkmwj

Contributors:

jenfield76

Contributors:

pdutta

Contributors:

MPatrick

Downloads

Game Files:

Official Submission

Alternative Download URL:

https://market.android.com/details?id=muggj.wordextinction

Installation Notes:

This game is a free download on the Android Market, for Android versions 1.6 or later. Search for "Growth and Decay."

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By brinkmwj at 01/28/2011 - 23:09
2 player
2 players
Android
mobile
Two Player
word
word puzzle
words
Miami University
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Submitted at Miami University (United States)

Rating my own game...

By brinkmwj at 02/01/2011 - 04:07
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...seems a bit lame, but ...
I think the game is a lot of fun to play. I've been playing it with friends and my wife for the past two days, and it has been pretty enjoyable.

There are clearly user interface issues in a couple of places, and there needs to be more feedback to allow the player to tell what happened. But that said, the basic game looks nice and is fun to play.

Memory requirements

By brinkmwj at 01/30/2011 - 10:02
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Works on Galaxy Tab and Nexus One. Does NOT work on Nexus S. The reason is that our animations take too much RAM when loaded. We will patch this and release an update on the market, eventually.

The source is in our team github, so please feel free to pull and play with it that way ... and submit bug fixes! https://github.com/brinkmwj/Growth-and-Decay