patterns
oscillators
| name
|
type
|
notes
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| 70p70
|
oscillator
|
looks like the sun
|
| airforce
|
oscillator
|
like a tiny burloafiermeter, think of it as a "safe"
|
| dinnertable
|
oscillator
|
our favorite old friend
|
| harbor
|
oscillator
|
pretty
|
| koksgalaxy
|
oscillator
|
another pretty
|
| quadrupleburloaferimeter
|
oscillator
|
the classic safe
|
| ring64
|
oscillator
|
pretty
|
| switchbox
|
oscillator
|
pretty, flickers
|
|
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methuselahs
| name
|
type
|
notes
|
| acorn
|
methuselah
|
expands, kicks out to the right side
|
| brx46b
|
methuselah
|
very short-lived, doesn't do much
|
| bunnies
|
methuselah
|
awesome, develops fast without expanding much, then explodes
|
| centinal
|
methuselah
|
this is a big, expanding, perfectly-symmetrical pattern
|
| century
|
methuselah
|
very short-lived, hard to do much with this
|
| cheptomino
|
methuselah
|
very short-lived, relatively simple, but makes a few spaceships
|
| dove
|
methuselah
|
surprisingly effective, big development in small area
|
| eve
|
methuselah
|
ugly but effective
|
| fred
|
methuselah
|
part of fred & wilma, good development in the center before spreading
|
| grandpa_13629876
|
methuselah
|
takes some time to generate a decent ash field, left corner becomes important eventually
|
| grandpa_305230
|
methuselah
|
takes some time, again a decent ash field, fades after 600 or so generations
|
| grandpa_42100
|
methuselah
|
growth really accelerates with time
|
| justyna
|
methuselah
|
good solid one
|
| multum in parvo
|
methuselah
|
the worm
|
| mustardseed
|
methuselah
|
growth increases with time, starts to really spread out
|
| piheptomino
|
methuselah
|
not huge, not long-growing, but very small, effective for random placement with 8 or 10
|
| rabbits
|
methuselah
|
interesting that we now have rabbits AND bunnies...
|
| roseluck
|
methuselah
|
looks like it's going to die out, then gets a second wind, only lasts 400 gens or so, creates some spaceships
|
| spaceshipgrower
|
methuselah
|
this is a good solid fast-developing pattern that throws out some gliders and is super tiny
|
| switchengine
|
methuselah
|
solid, fast-growing, gradually-spreading pattern
|
| timebomb
|
methuselah
|
nice efficient small pattern
|
| twoglidermess
|
methuselah
|
perfect pattern. tiny, glider, mess, and it starts small and expands solidly with time
|
| unidimensionalinfinitegrowth
|
methuselah
|
perhaps the simplest methuselah, dimension-wise, just a 1D string of cells... great for creating an ash field
|
| wilma
|
methuselah
|
part of wilma & fred, square (looks like QR code), solid growth
|
| wing
|
methuselah
|
very small, very fast-developing, not super effective but can rapidly change anything in its near vicinity
|
spaceships, guns, rakes
| name
|
type
|
notes
|
| backrake2
|
glider generator (moving - rake)
|
this is the set of 3 or 5 puffers, one leaves a wake that the others turn into gliders
|
| bisectingpuffers
|
spaceship generator
|
sends medium spaceships out to the left
|
| coespaceship
|
spaceship
|
not very big, leaves a little puff of smoke at the back
|
| flotilla_14wss
|
spaceship
|
fishhook spaceship, great tool for crashes
|
| gosper_gun
|
glider generator (static - gun)
|
ping pong game that generates gliders
|
| heavyweightspaceship
|
spaceship
|
there's nothing "heavy" about this one... the light/heavy spaceships are both small and floppy.
|
| lightweightspaceship
|
spaceship
|
...rename to consolidate
|
| middleweightspaceship
|
spaceship
|
...rename to consolidate
|
| simkin_gun
|
glider generator (static - gun)
|
generates gliders up and to the right (might want to rotate 180 to be consistent with other guns)
|
| spacebunnies
|
spaceship generator
|
similar to bisecting puffer, this makes a puffer ship while doing some methuselah stuff and making gliders
|
| tagalong
|
spaceship
|
like the wickstretcher without the wick. big, slow-moving, horizontal spaceship
|
| x66
|
spaceship
|
nice symmetric spaceship moving horizontally
|
other
| name
|
type
|
notes
|
| crabstretcher
|
?
|
crab that stretches a long strand of squares behind it
|
| block
|
still life
|
just a regular ol square
|
| cthulhu
|
still life
|
not much of note
|
| wickstretcher
|
?
|
this is the "tagalong" spaceship, except it's weaving a web, and there's a base station catching the web behind it.
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