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The wiki page is DONE! But because there is already page named spiral, I renamed the whole pattern family to spiraloids I also shortened the main post a bit and gave link to wiki page. That's it for today I think, I'll upload more stuff tomorrow. Have fun

@Rhombic - Very nice patterns! I like the fractal idea and I think I'll work a bit on them, maybe I'll find something new, I dunno... @Herik - All of your patterns are really interesting, but in fact, none of them are spirals... Though I have to think about the term "spiral-like" or "pseudo-spiral"....

Okay, so a quick update of the first post:
- modified tasks
- removed note about barges in Bottle spiral
- corrected Diamond spiral
- added 3 new spirals

Simple question: is, by any chance, Golly going to be ported to Windows Phone? Just asking, because the life apps that are now for WP suck...

velcrorex wrote:Doesn't last very long, but makes 4 big S's.

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x = 10, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
oob7o$o4bobobo$3o3boo$ob5obbo$oobobbobbo$obbobboboo$obb5obo$bboo3b3o$o
bobo4bo$7oboo!

Nice! I'll put it main post if you don't mind

ALMOST creates a flip-flop x = 21, y = 21, rule = B3/S23 8bo$8b2o$8b2o$8b2o$7b3o$7bo2bob2o$5b3o2bo2bo$5bo2bo2bob3o$7bo4bo2b5o$ 5b2o8b4o$b4o8b2o$5o2bo4bo$4b3obo2bo2bo$6bo2bo2b3o$6b2obo2bo$10b3o$10b 2o$10b2o$10b2o$11bo! Damn, close one! Guess search for the oscillator from a spiral continues... Meanw...

towerator wrote:I like how the first reaction causes 2 pixels to blink 5 times.

Yeah, that's what is really easy to notice and that's why I was thinking if it's able to hassle it and make a gun/oscillator on it... but well, maybe it's just me and it is not even possible

As the "unusual SL spiral", heres's mine x = 18, y = 18, rule = B3/S23 7bo$7b2o$7b2o$6b3o$6bo2bo$6bo2bo$7b2o3b3o$11bo2b4o$4b2o2b2obo2b3o$b3o 2bob2o2b2o$4o2bo$3b3o3b2o$8bo2bo$8bo2bo$9b3o$9b2o$9b2o$10bo! produces 4 shipties. In fact, it is the result of 4 fleet intercting. Well, it could be but... ou...

x = 30, y = 30, rule = B3/S23 16b2ob5o$15bo2bobobobo$15bo2bo2bo2bo$13b2ob2o3bo2bo$13bo2bo4bo$b3o10b 2o$o12bo2bo$2o11bo2bo$ob3o8bo2bo$2o12b2o$o11b2o2b2o$b2o9bob2obo$o2bo6b 2o2b2o2b2o$o2b2ob3obo8bob3ob2o$b2o2bo3bob2o4b2obo3bobo$3bobo3bob2o4b2o bo3bo2b2o$3b2ob3obo8bob3ob2o2bo$10b2o2b2o2b2o6bo2bo$12bob...

... Thanks for posting these two objects. They inspired me to assemble two new syntheses that I did not have before. I have a vague recollection of needing the snakes-on-butterfly for something else a while back - I'll have to try to wrack my brain to remember why I needed it! No problem, I'm glad ...

its very interesting patterns. the patterns that I design is inspired by the "discovery" that the patterns that evolve spontaneously in the game follow the logic of symmetry d4, although most of the time the chaotic evollution of the patterns finish destroying this symmetry. this is (one of) the th...

I forgot to add one more important thing about spirals, which I made up before posting it here but completely forgot about it: Spirals are composed of base and arms . The base is located in the center of spiral, has to have D4 symmetry (like block or pond) and consists of 2 parts: center and outer r...

codeholic wrote:

zambozaxx wrote:Becomes tub and 4 gliders

This still-life is called block.

Corrected. Well, I guess it was too early for me and I have mistaken the names...

2 snakes holding unnamed octaplet

All the info about spiraloids is on LifeWiki page. Most of the patterns (at least the ones I tried) don't lead to anything particular, but maybe there are some more oscillators and still lifes that are spiraloids? If anyone finds some interesting spiraloids, then feel free to post them here :) Here...

A pattern that evolves into block and 4 gliders. x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23 4b2o$4bo$5b2o$6bo$4b2o4b2o2b2o$4bo4bobobobo$5b2o2bo2b2o$7b2o$7b2o$2b2o 2bo2b2o$obobobo4bo$2o2b2o4b2o$9bo$9b2o$11bo$10b2o! Btw, I have a question, if I'd like to make a new pattern family and share it with you, maybe get s...

Oh well then... I'm kinda new to Life so I expected that it was already discovered

Still life I came up with when I was bored, probably have already been discovered but I haven't found anything on LifeWiki, so maybe it's something new?