OCA:PiLife

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PiLife
x=64, y = 64, rule = B37e/S23 ! #C [[ THEME Inverse ]] #C [[ RANDOMIZE2 THUMBLAUNCH THUMBNAIL THUMBSIZE 2 GRID ZOOM 6 WIDTH 600 HEIGHT 600 LABEL 90 -20 2 "#G" AUTOSTART PAUSE 2 GPS 8 LOOP 256 ]]
LifeViewer-generated pseudorandom soup
Rulestring 23/37e
B37e/S23
Character Chaotic
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PiLife is an isotropic non-totalistic cellular automaton with rulestring B37e/S23. Unlike DryLife, is not explosive, although it takes somewhat longer to settle.

Patterns

From DryLife

The Goldenhead evolution and Flower garden work in this rule. The R-pentomino based puffer also works, but the 2-engine corderisation and spinner do not. The xWSS from Life work in this rule. The Lumps of muck sequence behaves simillarly to how it does in DryLife.

Puffers

Besides the 9c/28 puffer, the I-heptomino evolves into an 11c/52 diagonal puffer which can be stabilized with a beehive to form a spaceship. The B-heptomino is very flexible and can be turned into puffers of various periods, including a natural 74c/382 puffer.[1]

Other

Related rules

B37e/S238

B37e/S238
x=64, y = 64, rule = B37e/S238 ! #C [[ THEME Inverse ]] #C [[ RANDOMIZE2 THUMBLAUNCH THUMBNAIL THUMBSIZE 2 GRID ZOOM 6 WIDTH 600 HEIGHT 600 LABEL 90 -20 2 "#G" AUTOSTART PAUSE 2 GPS 8 LOOP 256 ]]
LifeViewer-generated pseudorandom soup
Rulestring 238/37e
B37e/S238
Character Chaotic

B37c/S238 is an almost explosive variant of PiLife with S8 added, causing it to inherit patterns from EightLife. This rule has a natural period-10 oscillator and a (21,6)c/177 puffer.

x = 26, y = 9, rule = B37e/S238 21bo2bo$13b3o4bo3bo$15bo4bobo2bo$14bo5bo3bo$bo2bo16bo2bo$o3bo$obo2bo$ o3bo$bo2bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART GPS 7 ZOOM 16 ]]
A period-70 relay loop which is adjustable to all periods 30+40n where n > 0[2]
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Catagoluehere
x = 21, y = 5, rule = B37e/S238 bo2bo11bo2bo$bo3bo3b2o4bo3bo$o2bobo2bo2bo3bobo2bo$bo3bo3b2o4bo3bo$bo2b o11bo2bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART GPS 7 ZOOM 21 ]]
A period-20 beehive shuttle
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Catagoluehere


B37c/S23

B37c/S23
x=64, y = 64, rule = B37c/S23 ! #C [[ THEME Inverse ]] #C [[ RANDOMIZE2 THUMBLAUNCH THUMBNAIL THUMBSIZE 2 GRID ZOOM 6 WIDTH 600 HEIGHT 600 LABEL 90 -20 2 "#G" AUTOSTART PAUSE 2 GPS 8 LOOP 256 ]]
LifeViewer-generated pseudorandom soup
Rulestring 23/37c
B37c/S23
Character Explosive

B37c/S23 is an explosive rule with the spinner from DryLife.

See also

Refrences

  1. Re: PiLife (B37e/S23) (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  2. Re: Abandoned Rules (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums

External links