[NEW PATTERN CODES to try] Game of Life. Share your save codes here.

DadOfMrLog

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/106301099/

See the above project to play Conway's Game of Life on Scratch. It has a selection of pre-built patterns you can add to the grid, and you can paste in codes in a standard format for Life cells (called RLE).

If you hit the ‘save’ button (in the top pop-down bar) while paused, you will get a ‘save code’ (in RLE format) that you can copy, and share with everyone here.

See http://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life to find out about the Game of Life.

Here's a pattern I enjoyed – I call it “Gosper glider gun vs Enterprise” (note that you probably want to clear the board before you add this):

24bo$22bobo$12b2o6b2o12b2o$11bo3bo4b2o12b2o$2o8bo5bo3b2o$2o8bo3bob2o4bobo$10bo5bo7bo$11bo3bo$12b2o110$145bo$143b2obo$141b2o3bo$140bo3b2o$139bo4b2obo$138bo2b2ob3obo$138bo$140bobo3b2o$137b2o3bobo$137bo3bo3b2o$138bo2b2o2bo2bo$141b2o3bo8bo$147bobo3bobobo$149b2ob3o2bo$149b2o4b2o$150bob2o2$148bobo$148bo$148b3o$149bobo!

It's a “Gosper glider gun” firing gliders at a travelling ‘spaceship’ pattern called “Enterprise” (for reasons that will become clear when you see it). The Enterprise gets destroyed, but at the last moment it fires a glider from its debris, which then goes on to destroy the glider gun. Explosions everywhere…

Have fun finding your own patterns – and show them to us here!

Last edited by DadOfMrLog (May 11, 2016 21:22:40)

DadOfMrLog

Here's a fun one:

8b2o$8b2o$88b2o$88b2o$11b2o$11b2o$85b2o$8b2o5bo69b2o$8b2o4b3o$2o11bo2b2o70b2o$bo11bo74b2o$bobo10bo65b3o13b2o$2b2o14bo63bo13bo$16bobo61b3o11bobo$17b2o75b2o$81bo$79b3o$77b3o$78b2o6$19b2o$19b2o$77b2o$16b2o59b2o$16b2o$80b2o$80b2o$19b2o$19b2o$77b2o$77b2o13$29b2o$29bobo$31bo$31b2o9$77b2o$77b2o3$80b2o$80b2o2$77b2o$77b2o10$79b2o$79bobo$79bo14b2o$83bo10bobo$84bo11bo$80b2o2bo11b2o$81b3o4b2o$82bo5b2o2$85b2o$85b2o3$88b2o$88b2o!

It's three Simkin glider guns which I arranged such that the collision of their three gliders creates a stream of lightweight spaceships, which fly off to the right and wrap around back from the left.

They would cause carnage when they intersect the glider streams again, except that I placed an eater 1 pattern which can ‘eat’ a lightweight spaceship (and remain intact).

If you want to see the carnage unfold (there is something kinda satisfying about watching it

), then remove the little pattern near the middle that ‘eats’ the spaceships.

Enjoy!

Last edited by DadOfMrLog (May 10, 2016 22:56:53)

DadOfMrLog

Here's a moving pattern (i.e. ‘spaceship’) that was discovered very recently, only March 5th this year – just over two months ago!
It's called “Copperhead”:

b2o2b2o$3b2o$3b2o$obo2bobo$o6bo2$o6bo$b2o2b2o$2b4o2$3b2o$3b2o!

The fact it was found so recently is highly surprising, given that it's a relatively small pattern, and many considerably larger travelling patterns have been known for decades (e.g. see below).

Copperhead travels across the grid at a speed of only one cell in ten generations, so it's quite a slow mover – even half the speed of the snail:

bo36b$bo36b$o37b$b3o17b3o3b3o8b$b2obo9bo3bobo6b3o8b$2bo11b2obo7bo4b4o4b$6bo6bo3bobo3b2obo5b2o4b$3bo2bob3o3b2o9bo8b2obo$3b2obo5bo5bo17bob$9bob7o20b2$9bob7o20b$3b2obo5bo5bo17bob$3bo2bob3o3b2o9bo8b2obo$6bo6bo3bobo3b2obo5b2o4b$2bo11b2obo7bo4b4o4b$b2obo9bo3bobo6b3o8b$b3o17b3o3b3o8b$o37b$bo36b$bo!

Enjoy!

DadOfMrLog

Time for a new pattern to try…

This is a “backrake”, a moving pattern that fires gliders backwards as it moves:

4b3o6bo5bo6b3o4b$4bo2bo4b3o3b3o4bo2bo4b$4bo7bob2ob2obo7bo4b$4bo3bo15bo3bo4b$4bo3bo15bo3bo4b$4bo5bo2bo5bo2bo5bo4b$5bobo3b2obo3bob2o3bobo5b$12b2o5b2o12b4$2b3o23b3o2b$bo2bo23bo2bob$4bo23bo4b$o3bo23bo3bo$o3bo23bo3bo$4bo23bo4b$bobo25bobob20$5b3o17b3o5b$4bo2bo17bo2bo4b$7bo17bo7b$3bo3bo17bo3bo3b$7bo17bo7b$4bobo19bobo4b55$7b3o13b3o7b$6bo2bo13bo2bo6b$9bo13bo9b$5bo3bo13bo3bo5b$9bo13bo9b$6bobo15bobo!

In this case, it actually fires a glider from each side, which wrap around and collide with each other.

The Game of Life was originally intended to be ‘played’ on an infinite ‘board’, but my version wraps around at the sides – I think that can make it more fun as things eventually have to hit each other and cause explosions everywhere.

But in the case of this backrake, if it is travelling vertically then it manages to survive these glider collisions, and they actually clear up after themselves – try it and see! (And if you want to see the carnage eventually catching up with it, try rotating it the pattern with left/right arrow key while placing it, so it end up travelling horizontally…)

Last edited by DadOfMrLog (May 14, 2016 13:46:10)

gamebeater187

This is cool

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gamebeater187

A stickman!

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gamebeater187

army vs. army

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sicilia

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OctoQuad explosion: my own design!

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I hope you can read my writing! It's fun watching text ‘explode’ after a few iterations.

rick_ds

33b2o5b2o$33b2o5b2o2$37b2o$37b2o5$55b2ob2o$54bo5bo$54bo6bo2b2o$54b3o3bo3b2o$59bo2$18b2o5b2o$18b2o5b2o2$22b2o$22b2o5$40b2ob2o$39bo5bo$39bo6bo2b2o$39b3o3bo3b2o$2o5b2o35bo$2o5b2o2$4b2o$4b2o5$22b2ob2o$21bo5bo$21bo6bo2b2o$21b3o3bo3b2o$26bo!

rick_ds

144b3o$140b4o$136b4o$132b4o$128b4o$124b4o$123bo$121b2o$119b2o$117b2o$115b2o$113b2o$112bo$111bo$109b2o$108bo$106b2o$105bo$104bo$102b2o$101bo$99b2o$98bo$96b2o$95bo$94bo$92b2o$90b2o$88b2o$87bo$50b11o24b2o$44b6o11b7o15b2o$40b4o24b4o9b2o$36b4o32b5o2b2o$33b3o41bobo$32bo43b2o2b3o$30b2o42b2o7b2o$29bo42b2o11b2o$28bo41b2o15b2o$27bo41bo19b2o$26bo40b2o22b2o$25bo38b3o26bo$24bo38bo30bo$23bo37b2o32b2o$23bo35b2o36bo$22bo34b2o39b2o$21bo33b2o43bo$20bo32b2o46bo$19bo31b2o49bo$19bo29b2o52b2o$18bo28b2o56bo$17bo27b2o59bo$16bo26b2o62bo$15bo25b2o65b2o$15bo23b2o68bo$14bo22b2o71bo$13bo21b2o74bo$12bo19b3o76bo$11bo20bo79bo$10bo21bo79bo$10bo21bo80bo$9bo22bo80bo$8bo23bo81bo$7bo24bo81bo$6bo25bo81bo$5bo26bo82bo$4bo27bo82bo$4bo27bo82bo$3bo28bo83bo$3bo28bo83bo$2bo29b2o82bo$2bo30bo82bo$bo31bo82bo$bo32bo81bo$bo32bo81bo$o34bo80bo$o35bo79bo$o36bo78bo$o37bo77bo$o38bo76bo$o39bo75bo$o39bo75bo$o40bo74bo$o41bo72bo$o42bo71bo$o43bo70bo$o44b2o68bo$o46b2o65bo$o48b2o63bo$o50b4o59bo$o54b3o55bo$o57b3o50b2o$o60b5o41b4o$o65b4o32b5o$o69b32o$bo$bo$bo$bo$bo$2bo$2bo$2bo$2b2o$3bo$3bo$4bo$4bo$4bo$5bo$5bo$6bo$6bo$7bo$8bo$8bo$9bo$10bo$11bo$12bo$12bo$13b2o$15bo$16b2o$18bo$19b2o$21bo$22b3o$25b4o$29b4o$33b3o26b3o$36b26o! is a strange pattern

rick_ds

b7o$bo5bo$bo5bo$o6b2o! is something that spawns a still form of life

frankblob

Here's a code I invented:

24bo$22bobo19bo2bo$12b2o6b2o12b2o7bo$11bo3bo4b2o12b2o7bo3bo$2o8bo5bo3b2o21b4o$2o8bo3bob2o4bobo$10bo5bo7bo$11bo3bo$12b2o!

This emits only one glider going down and right.

Icecream95

DadOfMrLog wrote:

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/106301099/

Here's a pattern I enjoyed – I call it “Gosper glider gun vs Enterprise” (note that you probably want to clear the board before you add this):
24bo$22bobo$12b2o6b2o12b2o$11bo3bo4b2o12b2o$2o8bo5bo3b2o$2o8bo3bob2o4bobo$10bo5bo7bo$11bo3bo$12b2o110$145bo$143b2obo$141b2o3bo$140bo3b2o$139bo4b2obo$138bo2b2ob3obo$138bo$140bobo3b2o$137b2o3bobo$137bo3bo3b2o$138bo2b2o2bo2bo$141b2o3bo8bo$147bobo3bobobo$149b2ob3o2bo$149b2o4b2o$150bob2o2$148bobo$148bo$148b3o$149bobo!
It's a “Gosper glider gun” firing gliders at a travelling ‘spaceship’ pattern called “Enterprise” (for reasons that will become clear when you see it). The Enterprise gets destroyed, but at the last moment it fires a glider from its debris, which then goes on to destroy the glider gun. Explosions everywhere…

Have fun finding your own patterns – and show them to us here!

Only takes 3392 generations to stabilise!
Here is generation 3345, a couple of cycles before the final smash:

24b2o12b3o$2o3b3o11bo4b2o211bo$18bobo15bo5bo$3bo15bobo14bo5bo$3bo16b2o14bo5bo$3bo2$5b2o$5b2o224b2o$231b2o3$45bo$44bobo$44bobo$45bo$7bo$7bo9b2o$7bo9b2o$33b2o$32bo2bo$33b2o2$o37b3o196bo$bo234bo$o236bo$15b2o$15b2o2$32b3o3$20b3o2$11b2o$11b2o4b2o32b2o$17b2o14bo16bo2bo$32bobo16b2o$2b2o28bobo192b2o$2b2o29bo193b2o$58b2o$13bo43bo2bo$2bo10bo44b2o$bobo9bo101b2o$bo2bo28bo80bobo$2b2o27b2o9bo71b2o$32b2o7bobo12bo178b2o$40bo2bo11bobo177b2o$41b2o12bobo$22b3o31bo$2b2o$2b2o16bo5bo203b2o$20bo5bo203b2o$20bo5bo$124b2o$22b3o99b2o4$2o$obo230b2o$bo230bo2bo$120b2o111b2o$120b2o3$o94b3o$bo235bo$2bo234bo$2o$101bo$101bo$101bo2$97b3o3b3o$112b2o$101bo10b2o$101bo$101bo6$100bo$81b2o7b2o8bo$80bo2bo6b2o8bo$80bo2bo2b2o$81b2o3b2o8b3o3b3o2$100bo$100bo$100bo4$88b2o22b2o$88b2o22b2o7$116b2o$116b2o9$106b2o$106bobo$107b2o56$3bo$3bo$3bo!

PhysicsLover999

Fun little spaceship called the “Dragon”, found in 2006 by Paul Tooke.

12bo16b$12b2o14bo$10bob2o5bobo4b2ob$5bo3bo3b3o2bo4bo5b$2o3bo2bo6bobo5b
3o2bo$2o3bob2o6bo3bobobo5b$2o3bo10bobo7b2ob$5b2o14bo6bo$7bo12bobo6b$7b
o12bobo6b$5b2o14bo6bo$2o3bo10bobo7b2ob$2o3bob2o6bo3bobobo5b$2o3bo2bo6b
obo5b3o2bo$5bo3bo3b3o2bo4bo5b$10bob2o5bobo4b2ob$12b2o14bo$12bo!

PhysicsLover999

Er… If you put this in, it looks like it should remain stable, but it doesn't… It's a bunch of blinkers that blink at seemingly random intervals…

Is this in the rules of the game?

6bo$5bobo$5b3o$6bo2$b2o7b2o$ob2o5b2obo$b2o7b2o2$6bo$5b3o$5bobo$6bo!

Mrman99

PhysicsLover999 wrote:
Er… If you put this in, it looks like it should remain stable, but it doesn't… It's a bunch of blinkers that blink at seemingly random intervals… Is this in the rules of the game?
6bo$5bobo$5b3o$6bo2$b2o7b2o$ob2o5b2obo$b2o7b2o2$6bo$5b3o$5bobo$6bo!

I think that might be because the frames are passing too quickly so it skips a frame and since there are only 2 different patterns in the end it doesn't change at all but sometimes you do manage to see it.

explosive-tnt

DadOfMrLog wrote:
Here's a fun one:
8b2o$8b2o$88b2o$88b2o$11b2o$11b2o$85b2o$8b2o5bo69b2o$8b2o4b3o$2o11bo2b2o70b2o$bo11bo74b2o$bobo10bo65b3o13b2o$2b2o14bo63bo13bo$16bobo61b3o11bobo$17b2o75b2o$81bo$79b3o$77b3o$78b2o6$19b2o$19b2o$77b2o$16b2o59b2o$16b2o$80b2o$80b2o$19b2o$19b2o$77b2o$77b2o13$29b2o$29bobo$31bo$31b2o9$77b2o$77b2o3$80b2o$80b2o2$77b2o$77b2o10$79b2o$79bobo$79bo14b2o$83bo10bobo$84bo11bo$80b2o2bo11b2o$81b3o4b2o$82bo5b2o2$85b2o$85b2o3$88b2o$88b2o!
It's three Simkin glider guns which I arranged such that the collision of their three gliders creates a stream of lightweight spaceships, which fly off to the right and wrap around back from the left.

They would cause carnage when they intersect the glider streams again, except that I placed an eater 1 pattern which can ‘eat’ a lightweight spaceship (and remain intact).

If you want to see the carnage unfold (there is something kinda satisfying about watching it ), then remove the little pattern near the middle that ‘eats’ the spaceships.

Enjoy!

Actually, you don't need the eater as when the glider hits the streams after some more generations the pattern reverts to what it used to be!

Squiddy_Good

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DadOfMrLog

Oops, I missed this a few days ago…

Squiddy_Good wrote:
70b2o$69bobo$68b…
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…o10bo2bo$60bo2bo!

Nice (not-so-'still-life') drawing!

(Next challenge is to redesign it so that it actually manages to reform itself after a few generations – maybe in a slightly different place, so it ‘travels’ across the screen. I guess, you could kinda built it out of a load of little gliders…?)

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