byteSelf is a conceptual game, initially made within 48 hours in the Global Game Jam 2012, at PUC/PR in Curitiba, Brazil, where the main theme was “Ouroboros”. Together with the theme we incorporated the 0 player cellular automaton system known as “Game of Life”, developed by the british mathematician John Conway in 1970. We also added a predatorism system, turning it from a 0 to a 3 player game. The final element was the victory condition, where submission is the key to winning, not prevailing.