OCA:Goat Flock

Goat Flock
x=0, y = 0, rule = B2in3/S123a ! #C [[ THEME Inverse ]] #C [[ RANDOMIZE2 RANDSEED 1729 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
View static image
Rulestring	123a/2in3 B2in3/S123a
Character	Chaotic

Goat Flock (or simply Goats) is a non-totalistic cellular automaton resembling Flock and 2x2, although it takes a lot longer to settle.

Patterns

Like Flock, this rule has a lot of oscillators. However, Goat Flock oscillators tend to have very high periods.

x = 41, y = 7, rule = B2in3/S123a o2bo19bo$o2bo8b2obo10bo10b2o$b2o10bobo6bo4bo8bo2bo$10bo11bo4b2o11bo$2b 2o6b2o10bo4bo12bo$bo2bo21bo12bo$bo2bo5b2o11bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]

Period 16, 20, 24 and 58 oscillators. (click above to open LifeViewer)

There is also a natural 2c/7 orthogonal spaceship:

x = 7, y = 5, rule = B2in3/S123a 3b2o$2o$6bo$bo$4bobo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]

The 2c/7 spaceship. (click above to open LifeViewer) Catagolue: here

External links

• Goat Flock at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue
• B2in3/S123a (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums