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Map pattern: methuselah quadrants
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==carbomb==
* divide map into quadrants
 
* each quadrant can have one, two, four, eight, or sixteen squares
 
* should probably have a way to calculate a "minimum size" - rule of thumb? 15 x 15?
 
  
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Templates for car bombs:
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* top 1/3, middle 1/3, bottom 1/3 (wicks filling top/bottom 1/3, and methuselahs in middle)
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* 4 diagonal wicks going out from the center
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* long continuous stripes, with one methuselah at end
  
Map pattern: west hellmouth (various)
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Map patterns/templates to remove:
* set of defensive oscillators
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* NO RANDOM
* set of offensive methuselahs
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* NO RABBIT FARM/PARTITION
* can do three on top, three on bottom, two methuselahs in middle
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* NO PERIMETER
* can do two on left, plus left methuselah, two on right, plus right methuselah
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* NO CHARLIE FOXTROT GLIDERS
* can do symmetric, or asymmetric, as long as everything balances
 
  
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==quad==
  
Map pattern: sextants
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Methuselahs in quadrants templates:
* oscillators in the corners, methuselahs in the center column
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* 2 methuselahs (opposite quadrants)
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* 4 methuselahs (one in each corner)
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* 4 methuselahs (all packed into bottom half)
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* 8-12 methuselahs (long string)
  
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Methuselah spacing:
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* vertical and horizontal 1/3, 2/3
  
Map pattern: three horizontal stripes
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Quad:
* top stripe, bottom stripe: oscillators/star fields
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* Pattern description: 4 methuselahs, 1 in each quadrant
* middle stripe: methuselahs or spaceships
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* Quad Rabbits
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* Quad Bunnies
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* Quad Switch
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* Quad Roses
  
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Deuces Wild:
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* Pattern description: In the middle, two back-to-back guns, creating streams of gliders. In the corners, rapidly-expanding methuselahs.
  
Map pattern: long string (sunbeam moondog)
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Party:
* single row of methuselahs, w vertical jitter
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* line of identical methuselahs
* randomly put some of em outta line
 
  
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Fistfight:
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* Pattern description: quadrants are sub-divided into sub-sub quadrants, and placement of methuselahs is based on a large/medium/small hierarchy
  
Map pattern: spaceships crash into oscillators
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==Crashes==
  
Map pattern: spaceships crash into still life patterns
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Map pattern: "start your engines" demolition derby
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* marginal segments on left/right
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* spaceships or gliders only
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* stuff in middle - optional
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* sets us up with a nice spaceship crash test case
  
Map pattern: spaceships crash into wicks
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Map pattern: guns blazing
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* add some guns in the corners shooting toward the middle
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* optionally, four corners
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* dueling methuselahs in the center
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* boundaries to ensure everybody has a chance to grow first, then interact
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Map pattern: car bomb
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* this is going to be a map filled with wicks
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* jersey carbomb might be a multi-colored wick, wrapping all the way around the map
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* detroit carbomb might be wicks of either color parallel top and bottom, and spaceships of either color crashing into each other (the irony is, the crash will always be the same 3 or 4 vertical pixels, no extra leeway, it's just a question of the wick configuration.)
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* north dakota carbomb: big blooming methuselah with long wicks either side?
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Map pattern: spaceships crash into oscillators or still life
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* same idea as above: not much leeway if we ensure spaceships crash into oscillators
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* the parameter we tweak is where the collision happens (sooner vs later) and how the resulting formations interact)
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* almost like you're setting up a spaceship and oscillator in a crash config, and then turning THAT into a stamp

Latest revision as of 00:18, 12 August 2025

carbomb

Templates for car bombs:

  • top 1/3, middle 1/3, bottom 1/3 (wicks filling top/bottom 1/3, and methuselahs in middle)
  • 4 diagonal wicks going out from the center
  • long continuous stripes, with one methuselah at end

Map patterns/templates to remove:

  • NO RANDOM
  • NO RABBIT FARM/PARTITION
  • NO PERIMETER
  • NO CHARLIE FOXTROT GLIDERS

quad

Methuselahs in quadrants templates:

  • 2 methuselahs (opposite quadrants)
  • 4 methuselahs (one in each corner)
  • 4 methuselahs (all packed into bottom half)
  • 8-12 methuselahs (long string)

Methuselah spacing:

  • vertical and horizontal 1/3, 2/3

Quad:

  • Pattern description: 4 methuselahs, 1 in each quadrant
  • Quad Rabbits
  • Quad Bunnies
  • Quad Switch
  • Quad Roses

Deuces Wild:

  • Pattern description: In the middle, two back-to-back guns, creating streams of gliders. In the corners, rapidly-expanding methuselahs.

Party:

  • line of identical methuselahs

Fistfight:

  • Pattern description: quadrants are sub-divided into sub-sub quadrants, and placement of methuselahs is based on a large/medium/small hierarchy

Crashes

Map pattern: "start your engines" demolition derby

  • marginal segments on left/right
  • spaceships or gliders only
  • stuff in middle - optional
  • sets us up with a nice spaceship crash test case


Map pattern: guns blazing

  • add some guns in the corners shooting toward the middle
  • optionally, four corners
  • dueling methuselahs in the center
  • boundaries to ensure everybody has a chance to grow first, then interact


Map pattern: car bomb

  • this is going to be a map filled with wicks
  • jersey carbomb might be a multi-colored wick, wrapping all the way around the map
  • detroit carbomb might be wicks of either color parallel top and bottom, and spaceships of either color crashing into each other (the irony is, the crash will always be the same 3 or 4 vertical pixels, no extra leeway, it's just a question of the wick configuration.)
  • north dakota carbomb: big blooming methuselah with long wicks either side?


Map pattern: spaceships crash into oscillators or still life

  • same idea as above: not much leeway if we ensure spaceships crash into oscillators
  • the parameter we tweak is where the collision happens (sooner vs later) and how the resulting formations interact)
  • almost like you're setting up a spaceship and oscillator in a crash config, and then turning THAT into a stamp