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==Sections==
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==carbomb==
  
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The most general template: slice the grid into M x N sections
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Templates for car bombs:
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* Depending on how the math works out, stuff different kinds of patterns into different sections
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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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* We have a technique that cuts a grid into 4 parts, and then each part is either 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 mini squares
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* 4 diagonal wicks going out from the center
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* should probably have a way to calculate a "minimum size" - rule of thumb? 15 x 15?
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* long continuous stripes, with one methuselah at end
  
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Map patterns/templates to remove:
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* NO RANDOM
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* NO RABBIT FARM/PARTITION
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* NO PERIMETER
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* NO CHARLIE FOXTROT GLIDERS
  
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Map pattern: west X
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==quad==
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* defensive oscillators, offensive methuselahs
 
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* different combinations can be different X's, i dunno
 
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* rows of oscillators on top/bottom, row of methuselahs in middle
 
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* cols of oscillators on left/right, col of methuselahs in middle
 
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* symmetric, asymmetric colors, as long as things balance...
 
  
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Methuselahs in quadrants templates:
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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
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Quad:
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* Pattern description: 4 methuselahs, 1 in each quadrant
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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.
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Party:
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* line of identical methuselahs
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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
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==Crashes==
  
 
Map pattern: "start your engines" demolition derby
 
Map pattern: "start your engines" demolition derby
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Guns Blazing:
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Map pattern: guns blazing
 
* add some guns in the corners shooting toward the middle
 
* add some guns in the corners shooting toward the middle
 
* optionally, four corners
 
* optionally, four corners
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Map pattern: spaceships crash into oscillators or still life
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Map pattern: quadrants, sextants
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* same idea as above: not much leeway if we ensure spaceships crash into oscillators
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* oscillators in the corners, methuselahs in the center column
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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
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Map pattern: three horizontal stripes
 
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* top stripe, bottom stripe: oscillators/star fields
 
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* middle stripe: methuselahs or spaceships
 
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Map pattern: long string (sunbeam moondog)
 
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* single row of methuselahs, w vertical jitter
 
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* randomly put some of em outta line
 
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Map pattern: spaceships crash into oscillators
 
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Map pattern: spaceships crash into still life patterns
 
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Map pattern: spaceships crash into wicks
 

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
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