Conway's Conquerors

Devlog

• v26: FREE PLAY, an options menu, and finally killing the screen flicker (verified on real hardware)
  July 10, 2026 by TerribleCrow#game boy, #strategy, #devlog

  This is the biggest single update the Game Boy edition of Conway's Conquerors has had. There's a brand-new mode, a proper options menu, a board that finally looks like a board on Game Boy Color — an... Continue reading
• v25: The Opening Gambit Update — Español, a secret screen, and hunting a hardware-only bug
  July 05, 2026 by TerribleCrow#strategy, #game boy, #demake

  our versions landed on the Game Boy edition of Conway's Conquerors this week (v22–v25), and they range from a new rule born out of a bug, to full Spanish localization, to one of those bugs that simp... Continue reading

  
• GAMEBOY Version (Demake): Link-cable multiplayer is working on real hardware (plus a big polish pass)
  June 30, 2026 by TerribleCrow#game boy, #gameboy, #strategy, #demake

  Two milestones in one update: link-cable multiplayer is working on real hardware , and the rest is a polish pass that takes the game from "a Game of Life demake" to something that feels finished. I te... Continue reading

  
• From v6.16 to v6.31 · identity, online fairness, and a whole family of color bugs
  June 29, 2026 by TerribleCrow

  This batch started with a couple of small fixes and ended up uncovering a whole family of hidden bugs: the day we added random color assignment to matches, we discovered that half the game silently as... Continue reading
• Mobile polish & performance — the "make it solid on touch" update
  June 27, 2026 by TerribleCrow

  This update is all about how the game feels on phones and tablets, plus a round of performance work under the hood. No gameplay changes — the rules, the AI, and online play are exactly as before. If... Continue reading
• Update v7.0 — V2: territory that counts double, and an AI that plans
  June 24, 2026 by TerribleCrow#v2.0, #strategy

  this one changes how the game is won , not just how it's tuned. two new rules turn Conway's Conquerors from "out-survive the other colony" into an actual fight over territory — and the Hard CPU got... Continue reading

  
• Cognitive Exploit? Using Sound to Fix a Visual Glitch
  June 20, 2026 by TerribleCrow#brain, #strategy, #development

  Hey lonely nerd crows. Developing Conway's Conquerors for the Game Boy (DMG-01) hardware forces me to work with extreme limitations. Sometimes, the solution to a technical problem isn't found in the c... Continue reading

  
• GB and GBC Port for CC!
  June 18, 2026 by TerribleCrow#Gameboy, #Port, #Strategy, #rom

  Hey nerd friends. Im also working on a two-color Game of Life strategy game for the Nintendo Game Boy, by Terrible Crow . A complete game: title screen, menus, vs-CPU and 2-player local play, a turn-b... Continue reading

  
• Update v5.9 — Public Rooms & In-Game Chat
  June 18, 2026 by TerribleCrow

  Two new features for online play. Public Rooms Until now, to play against someone, you had to share a code with them. Now you can create a public room: your match will appear in the lobby showing the... Continue reading

  
• Version 5.1 Released
  June 17, 2026 by TerribleCrow#leaderboard

  New Feature: Live Ranking & Comprehensive Scoring System! The battlefield just got a lot more competitive. We’ve introduced a persistent Leaderboard and a dynamic Scoring System that rewards true ta... Continue reading