OCA:Rings 'n' Slugs

Rings 'n' Slugs
x=64, y = 64, rule = B56/S14568 ! #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
Rulestring	14568/56 B56/S14568
Rule integer	189536
Character	Stable
Black/white reversal	B1568/S0145678

Rings 'n' Slugs is a Life-like cellular automaton with rulestring B56/S14568. Most of the time, patterns stabilize into dominos and duoplets. As the name suggests, there are rings (and slugs) in some patterns, seldom on top of each other. Spaceships and Infinite growth are impossible as patterns are unable to escape their bounding boxes, due to the lowest birth transition being B5.

x = 8, y = 9, rule = B56/S14568 2b4o$b6o$3o2b3o$2o4b2o$2o4b2o$2o4b2o$3o2b3o$b6o$2b4o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 500 THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 24 ]]

An example of a ring (click above to open LifeViewer)

x = 10, y = 14, rule = B56/S14568 o$b2o$b6o$2b6o$7b2o$8b2o$8b2o$7b3o$6b3o$5b3o$4b3o$3b3o$3b2o$2bo2bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 500 THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 24 ]]

An example of a slug (click above to open LifeViewer)

x = 16, y = 16, rule = B56/S14568 $3b4o$2b6o$b3o2b3o$b2o4b2o$b2o4b2o$b3o2b4o$2b6ob2o$4b2o2b3o$9bo$10bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 500 THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 24 ]]

An example of an unusual mix (click above to open LifeViewer)

External links

• Rings 'n' Slugs at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue
• B56/S14568 (Rings 'n' Slugs) (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums