This is an interesting concept. I was able to get a Min score of 6 after 10 or so minutes of play time. I had to refer to the wikipedia page on the game of life to learn some of the rules. That is probably the most difficult part of this game. If you are not knowledgeable on the rule set, it can be very confusing. Some in-game rules could help. I am not sure how difficult it would be to teach the player with some example boards. Maybe animate the pieces between turns. I am not sure how feasible that is with the game of life rules since squares vanish and reappear.