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Hope they can graduate soon!

I figured I should post this here.

This is a " programmable arm " made by Melwin and initially revealed on LifeWiki. I haven't exactly figured out how to add commands myself.

x = 3566, y = 1291, rule = B3678/S135678
3563b2o$3563b2o$3562b4o$3563b2o$3563b3o$3561b4o$3563b3o$3563b2o$3562b
4o$3563b2o ...

If we could find a way to supply this dot, probably with a spaceship or maybe tagalong, then this would be a new spaceship / pushalong:

x = 4, y = 4, rule = B3/S12i35
b3o$b3o$2o$o!
C [[
TRACK 0 -0.5
PASTET EVERY 2
PASTEDELTA 0 -1
PASTE o! 2 4
]]



RLifesrc refused to extend that failed ...

Emulators:
x = 49, y = 14, rule = B3/S35
3bo13bo13bo12bo$o2b2o9bo2b2o9bo2b2o8bo2b2o$2obo10b2obo10b2obo9b2obo$bo
bo11bobo11bobo10bobo$3bo13bo13bo12bo$3bo13bo13bo12bo$3bo13bo13bo3bo8bo
3bo$bobo13bo13bo12bo3bo$2obo11bobo13bo12bo$o2b2o9b2obo11bobo12bo$3bo
10bo2b2o9b2obo10bobo$17bo10bo2b2o8b2obo ...

Looking at Catagolue also reveals versions of this puffer that are just interacting with one another. I don't think any of the currently-searched symmetries would actually allow for a lone puffer to appear.

So while the puffer isn't widely known, it certainly has been found before. This is also a ...

P336 rake of P336 rakes.


What is this, a giant aphid?
Certified giant, certified population-producer

Then again even a giant aphid is small, but who cares :D :D :D


I don't think it looks quite like an aphid, but regardless I would be careful about naming things after bugs in these rules ...

Honestly I feel like if we were to name it, it should be partially for its blinker-eating ability. But what destroys blinkers like that?

It's been a while since this has been played around with, so we'll probably need a new set of players for some colors. Also I think we'll need a couple extra rules to keep the game interesting.

Anyways, when this was more popular yyh_baboon chose pink, which is the next color.

I randomly took a look at this oscillator on Catagolue and " Trapping Ts " popped up into my mind.
x = 10, y = 10, rule = B3/S23-a5
4bo$3b2o$4bo$bo$3o$7b3o$8bo$5bo$5b2o$5bo!


EDIT (added after all of the text below, just wanted to keep it in the middle so more people could see) : Searching the ...

Termite wrote: October 25th, 2026, 6:03 pm What should we call it? (Welcome to the forums!)

Patterns like these, especially in the OCA realm, tend to not get named unless someone finds a use or cool thing associated with it.

x = 37, y = 22, rule = B3678/S34678
6$22bo$7bo10b2ob2o4bo$7b2ob2o6b8obobo$6b8o3bob9o2bo$6b10o2b14o$6b27o$
6b27o$6b7o2b8ob8o$10bo3bob5o4b6o$18bo6b5o$14b2obo7b2obo!


Welcome to the forums!

As pointed out by Ninedlingss, do use pattern tags for further posts (or click the pencil icon to edit it ...

infinite P3 thingy:
x = 43, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
bo4bo4bo4bo4bo4bo4bo4bo4bo$obo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bob
o$obo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo$obo2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo
2bobo2bobo2bobo2bobo!



Welcome to the forums! I see that you've made several posts already.

The term ...

LuveelVoom wrote: October 24th, 2026, 3:43 pm With the ability of AI to do mass data analysis, here is a huge data dump on threads in the OCA subforum.

Somewhat unsurprisingly, B3a and B3i are the transitions associated with the most replies, followed by S2e before a huge drop for some reason.

King effect?

A handful of potentially-notable-or-interesting-spaceship-or-pseudo-spaceship-creating-two-or-three-3c/7-collision reactions, starring a head-on collision that reflects both of the spaceships without creating debris, and a reaction that creates 2 Springtails travelling perpendicular to the ...

Reposting here:


This constellation is definitely known, but I want to know if it has any name, or relevance, or discoveries associated with it.
x = 16, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
2b3o6b3o2$o5bo2bo5bo$o5bo2bo5bo$o5bo2bo5bo2$2b3o6b3o!


If I were to give the end constellation a name, it would be ...

This constellation is definitely known, but I want to know if it has any name, or relevance, or discoveries associated with it.

The OTHER oscillator though... is probably the most clearance of a sparker I've ever seen and can absolutely be used in a gun. Only thing that'd be next is finding a p12 domino-sparker or such.


Not so fast, a stream of 3c/7's cannot be 12 generations apart, both will just interfere with one ...

I'm apgsearching C1 and D8_1 of that variant. Here's what I've found so far.

An incredibly smoky period-72 block puffer.
x = 8, y = 32, rule = B38/S12i35
3bo$2b3o$2bobo$bo3bo$2bobo$b2obo$b2o$3bo$2bo$4bo$bobo$b3o$2bo3$6bo$7b
o3$2bobo$b4o$bobobo$5bo$3b3o$3bo2bo$3b2o$3b2o$b4ob2o$5b3o$6bo$3ob2o$b ...

If you want, I can split the branch now (presumably into about 32 sub-branches). However, the policy I have for splitting is that one of two conditions are met:
Branch takes 24 hours per deepening step (5/24), or
Majority of branches are claimed.


I would wait for other users to give their ...

R2INT wrote: October 21st, 2026, 5:37 pm I have temporarily paused br-00002 to work on my other claimed branches, as it consumed about 72 hours of wall-clock time so far.

Are you going to split the branch?

I propose naming this 9-bit still life "nuke" due to its nuclear bomb-like appearance and its apgcode (xs9_bmb):

x = 3, y = 5, rule = B3/S23-a5
obo$3o$bo$obo$bo!


To me it kinda looks more like a ring (as in jewelry), the tub being where your finger goes.

Considering how much has been ...

Nice to see this project coming back to life (no pun intended).

I'm curious, how will the book be structured? Will it feel more like a journey or more like a rulespace encyclopedia?

x = 32, y = 32, rule = r2b0201c0s0801e8
obbbboobbboobbobbobboobbboobbbbo$
bbbbooooobobboobboobbobooooobbbb$
bboooboboobobobbbboboboobobooobb$
bboooboobbboooobboooobbboobooobb$
boooobooboobbobbbbobboobooboooob$
oobbbobbbobbbbbbbbbbbbobbbobbboo$
ooooobobobboobbbbbboobbobobooooo ...

Moving this discussion into this thread in order to avoid cluttering counting to 50 with transitions.



EDIT: I just had an idea: what if we got pass the rule to be an alternating checkerboard rule?


Would it be possible to modify it into one with all the transitions we currently have ...

R2INT wrote: October 20th, 2026, 11:31 pm EDIT: I just had an idea: what if we got pass the rule to be an alternating checkerboard rule?

Would it be possible to modify it into one with all the transitions we currently have?