Weeds

[Yoel]

A Seeds-like 3-color rule in which there are no still lifes and a blinker explodes into a kaleidoscope of colorful "psychedelic" patterns.

1. A cell is born, if surrounded by 2 cells of the same color. The newborn cell takes the next color in the cycle (red->green,green->blue,blue->red).
2 A cell survives, if surrounded by 2 or 3 cells of the same color as the surviving cell.

A seed of the "psychedelic" pattern. parts of which recur in a fractal-like fashion within the pattern itself:

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x = 5, y = 8, rule = Weeds
2$2.A$2.A$2.A!

Some guns (P6,P18,P36,P156):

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x = 131, y = 220, rule = Weeds
14$37.A$38.A4$34.A6.A$35.A4.A3$35.A4.A$34.A2.2C2.A$49.C17.C$37.2C12.C
17.C$35.A15.C17.C$34.A14.C17.C6$38.A$37.A11$32.B2.B10.B$31.B4.B8.B$
37.A17.A17.A$26.B8.A3.A17.A17.A$27.B7.A3.A17.A17.A$37.A17.A17.A$31.B
4.B$32.B2.B19$40.A4.A8.A4.A$41.A2.A10.A4.A$81.C$36.A8.C.C35.C$35.A9.C
.C35.C$81.C$41.A2.A$40.A4.A16$59.A2.A$58.A4.A$56.C7.C$54.C3.C3.C3.C$
54.C3.C3.C3.C$56.C7.C$58.A4.A$59.A2.A10$42.A$43.A5$38.A$39.A38.A$45.A
3.A23.C3.A$46.A3.A23.C$40.C$39.C3$76.A$75.A3$76.A$42.2B31.A2$41.B2.B
19$40.A$39.A3$40.A$39.A2$32.A$33.A42.C$75.C$41.C23.A3.A$38.A3.C23.A3.
A$37.A38.A$77.A6$72.C$73.C!

A couple of rakes:

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x = 80, y = 31, rule = Weeds
4$13.C$11.C$11.C$47.C$13.A31.C2.2C15.A$13.A2.2A27.C5.B5.C$16.C.A32.B
5.C$16.C28.B.B3.B5.C7.B$16.C.A26.B.B3.B5.C7.B$13.A2.2A33.B5.C$13.A31.
C5.B5.C$45.C2.2C15.A$11.C35.C$11.C$13.C!

Some elementary ships:

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x = 86, y = 65, rule = Weeds
8$44.B$15.A30.B$10.A6.A8.A11.B.B3.B.B$17.A10.A$14.C13.A10.B2.A.A$13.
2C11.A15.A3.A$13.A2.A25.A3.A$18.A25.A$18.A$16.A10$23.B$18.B6.B$25.B2$
25.C$18.C6.C$23.C$72.A$70.2A2.A$74.A$65.A$76.B$67.A8.B$74.B11$71.B$
73.B$67.A5.B$70.A$70.A$68.B.A$68.2A3.B$67.B5.B$71.B$69.B!

[ColorfulGalaxy]

A Seeds-like 3-color rule in which there are no still lifes and a blinker explodes into a kaleidoscope of colorful "psychedelic" patterns.

1. A cell is born, if surrounded by 2 cells of the same color. The newborn cell takes the next color in the cycle (red->green,green->blue,blue->red).
2 A cell survives, if surrounded by 2 or 3 cells of the same color as the surviving cell.

A seed of the "psychedelic" pattern. parts of which recur in a fractal-like fashion within the pattern itself:

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x = 5, y = 8, rule = Weeds
2$2.A$2.A$2.A!

Some guns (P6,P18,P36,P156):

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x = 131, y = 220, rule = Weeds
14$37.A$38.A4$34.A6.A$35.A4.A3$35.A4.A$34.A2.2C2.A$49.C17.C$37.2C12.C
17.C$35.A15.C17.C$34.A14.C17.C6$38.A$37.A11$32.B2.B10.B$31.B4.B8.B$
37.A17.A17.A$26.B8.A3.A17.A17.A$27.B7.A3.A17.A17.A$37.A17.A17.A$31.B
4.B$32.B2.B19$40.A4.A8.A4.A$41.A2.A10.A4.A$81.C$36.A8.C.C35.C$35.A9.C
.C35.C$81.C$41.A2.A$40.A4.A16$59.A2.A$58.A4.A$56.C7.C$54.C3.C3.C3.C$
54.C3.C3.C3.C$56.C7.C$58.A4.A$59.A2.A10$42.A$43.A5$38.A$39.A38.A$45.A
3.A23.C3.A$46.A3.A23.C$40.C$39.C3$76.A$75.A3$76.A$42.2B31.A2$41.B2.B
19$40.A$39.A3$40.A$39.A2$32.A$33.A42.C$75.C$41.C23.A3.A$38.A3.C23.A3.
A$37.A38.A$77.A6$72.C$73.C!

A couple of rakes:

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x = 80, y = 31, rule = Weeds
4$13.C$11.C$11.C$47.C$13.A31.C2.2C15.A$13.A2.2A27.C5.B5.C$16.C.A32.B
5.C$16.C28.B.B3.B5.C7.B$16.C.A26.B.B3.B5.C7.B$13.A2.2A33.B5.C$13.A31.
C5.B5.C$45.C2.2C15.A$11.C35.C$11.C$13.C!

Some elementary ships:

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x = 86, y = 65, rule = Weeds
8$44.B$15.A30.B$10.A6.A8.A11.B.B3.B.B$17.A10.A$14.C13.A10.B2.A.A$13.
2C11.A15.A3.A$13.A2.A25.A3.A$18.A25.A$18.A$16.A10$23.B$18.B6.B$25.B2$
25.C$18.C6.C$23.C$72.A$70.2A2.A$74.A$65.A$76.B$67.A8.B$74.B11$71.B$
73.B$67.A5.B$70.A$70.A$68.B.A$68.2A3.B$67.B5.B$71.B$69.B!

You seem to have found a natural breeder.

[Yoel]

You seem to have found a natural breeder.

I would not call it a breeder, because the results of the explosion are chaotic and dynamic. A dynamic space filler, perhaps? It does not stabilize as a normal breeder, because this ubiquitous exploding pattern reappears recursively and causes constant change. Not entirely chaotic though, as you can clearly concentric circles and other structures.

My other 3-color rules that I'm actively researching, Gluons and Gluonic, are full of natural breeders in strict sense, which produce lines of puffers, guns and replicators.

I have another rule called Tiles that produces all kinds of natural regularly structured breeders:

A couple of random soups:

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x = 10, y = 10, rule = Tiles
3.C.A.C$.B3.BC$3.C.B.2A$.A4.B$.C4.A$.CB6.B$A2.A.A3BC$BA3.A2.A$2A.B2.C
$5.B!

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x = 10, y = 10, rule = Tiles
2.A3.A.A$.B4.A.A$2.2B.B2C$AB3.BABC$2.BC.B2.CA$2.C4.C$2AC2.B.AC$2BA4.B
A$A6.B$.C4.2B!

2 replicator seeds explode into a variety of breeders:

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x = 11, y = 13, rule = Tiles
2$6.ABC$6.ABC4$4.2B$4.2A$4.2C!

If you rearrange them, you'll see other breeders emerging:

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x = 8, y = 14, rule = Tiles
2$4.ABC$4.ABC5$2.2B$2.2A$2.2C!

If you run the same patterns with Gluons or Gluonic, you'll also see breeders that often look like highly complex electronics circuitry.