"Hashwar": A Battle Royale for individual GOL configurations

[hash0]

I am opening the Alpha version of the new engine to the public:
https://lifehashes.net/CCC/Y206/

Upon loading the website, you have to select two Glyphs to compete by clicking the two "[LOAD]" buttons.

I find the "256 Rounds" mode (which is sped up) especially useful to gauge statistical properties of these Glyphs.

Next feature to implement will be an option to hash/mine and submit your own Glyphs (including RLE support).

[bobinou]

Quick update on the best runs found so far:
After 150B runs, the best non-repeating is at 2154.

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23:T16,16
obobobobo3b2o$o2b5o2b6o$2o2b4o4b2o$o3b2o2bo3b3o$4ob2o2b2o4bo$3bob4o2bo
3bo$2o2b2ob4ob4o$bob2o2b2o$3bo4b2ob3o$ob2o2bo2bobob2o$bo2b2ob3ob2ob2o$
obob2ob2o2b2obo$5o3bo3bob2o$2o3bobo2b5o$3b4o2bob2obo$5b3obo2b3o!

and the best agar pattern so far is 5456

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23:T16,16
b2obo3b4obo$4bo2bo3b2obo$2obobo2b2o2b2obo$b3ob5o4bo$bobob2ob3o4bo$3ob2
ob4o3b2o$2o2bo2b5obobo$2b5ob2o2b3o$obob2ob2o3bobo$3ob2obo3b3o$obo3b2o3
bo2bo$o3b2o2b2obo2bo$b4obo3bob3o$3bob2o2bobo$3o3b3ob4o$2ob2obo2bo4bo!

It is building up a neat database over time.

(https://imgshare.cc/rm85dpub)
A overview of the data:
https://hallucinat.in/details/overview
Also, all data is freely downloadable through a simple API:
https://hallucinat.in/api-docs

Edit:
Just got a even better one 2232

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23:T16,16
2b2ob6ob3o$2ob2obobob2o3bo$b3obobo2b3obo$4o3b4o2b2o$2b2obobo3b2obo$o3b
3obo5bo$bob5o3bob3o$3o2b2o2b3ob3o$bo2bo5b2ob3o$b3ob2obob2ob3o$ob6ob6o$
b2o2b2o2bo5bo$2b3o4b2obob2o$obo2b4obo2b3o$obob3o2b2o2b3o$7ob4o!

[bobinou]

I am opening the Alpha version of the new engine to the public:
https://lifehashes.net/CCC/Y206/

Upon loading the website, you have to select two Glyphs to compete by clicking the two "[LOAD]" buttons.

I find the "256 Rounds" mode (which is sped up) especially useful to gauge statistical properties of these Glyphs.

Next feature to implement will be an option to hash/mine and submit your own Glyphs (including RLE support).

the visuals are amazing and its easy to use. love it!

[Vort]

After 150B runs, the best non-repeating is at 2154.

Nice result!
I wonder, however, why this pattern is so dense.
Did you tried to make searches with other, lower, densities?
If I remember correctly, 35% gives the best results.

[bobinou]

Nice result!
I wonder, however, why this pattern is so dense.
Did you tried to make searches with other, lower, densities?
If I remember correctly, 35% gives the best results.

Thank you, simply because I naively gave each field a 50% chance of being populated. But good point! I will give it a shot with 35%

[Vort]

Just got a even better one 2232

This result gives one more data point confirming my guess made several years ago:
With lifespan (excluding oscillation duration) going higher and higher, final state contains less and less "content" (oscillators and still lifes); top results produce just void.

[hash0]

It also confirms now that Nathan's original hypothesis from a while back ("lifespan on the torus is capped at roughly five times the torus size") has been thoroughly debunked.

[Vort]

It also confirms now that Nathan's original hypothesis from a while back ("lifespan on the torus is capped at roughly five times the torus size") has been thoroughly debunked.

80x80 result with lifespan of 171836799 by vilc debunks it even better.

[Vort]

Here are some ideas regarding torus size.
With small sizes (8x8, 16x16), random searches produce the best results.
With large sizes (64x64, 128x128), engineered solutions clearly dominate.
Also there is a range, around 32x32, where both solution types produce comparable results.
It may be fun to explore 32x32 size using different approaches (including mixed ones, where engineered solutions are augmented with randomness).
Such size allows to have single gun + several targets for it + random still lifes, but who knows what else can be invented. Maybe best random results can give hints about possible improvements for engineered versions.
Regrading methods of lifespan measurement: it is possible to have separate competition category for diehards (patterns with empty final state). Such results are easy to check: if LifeViewer says "Life ended at generation 4826", it means diehard pattern has lifespan of 4826.

[hash0]

That is a phantastic idea!

[bobinou]

The 10^12 visited hashes have been surpassed

[hash0]

Go, Bobinou! Shine on, you crazy diamond!

[hash0]

I'm hereby opening up the pre-release version to the esteemed public on this forum:
https://lifehashes.net/CCC/Y213/

All the currently registered Glyphs are there to select from for test matches (you have to select Glyphs by pressing the LOAD buttons on both sides - a menu will then open up to allow you to select the number of rounds to be played in the match).

All currently registered Glyphs can be seen here:
https://lifehashes.net/CCC/Y176/catalog ... C&limit=24

If you would like to register your Glyph discoveries, you can do so here (note that the input mask accepts both RLE and binary strings - AND automatically translates between the two):
https://lifehashes.net/GlyphRegistry/102/

(Sorry that all of these links are disparate - I am working on unifying all these different functions into a coherent whole that can be easily accessed on lifehashes.net).

[hash0]

I now have a dedicated twitch stream that shows the Hashwar engine in full tournament auto-battler mode:
https://www.twitch.tv/lifehashes

[hash0]

To all GOL fans out there:

My Hashwar engine is making good progress and I intend to launch the first Official Weekly Series to determine the ultimate Glyph in the 500-599 generational range.

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If you would like to register your own Glyphs, you can do so here (note that the input mask accepts both RLE and binary strings - AND automatically translates between the two):
https://lifehashes.net/GlyphRegistry/102/

Fire up your miners, find GOL patterns on the 16x16 torus with B3/S23 ruleset that live for 500 to 599 generations. Give them a cool name and drop them into my database (don't forget to claim it by submitting your name in the OPERATOR field) - and we will see whose Glyph will win!

Also - here is a little teaser trailer for what the tournament will look like:
https://www.reddit.com/r/gameoflife/com ... is_before/

[hash0]

LAUNCH: Hashwar Weekly Series

Dear Game-of-Life enthusiasts,

we are excited to announce the launch of our weekly Hashwar Series! See our first official Group Draw here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Coy9e-8hXUY

We’ll be uploading all the round-robin and knock-out tournaments Monday through Friday until we reach the weekly finale on Saturday!

Follow the series progression on our dedicated website:
https://lifehashes.net/hashwar-schedule ... ries_id=26

Yours proudly,
hash0.

[hash0]

Update: The first group phase matches are now online: https://youtu.be/3Mr2LTvKYX8
Check out the dedicated public website to track the entire series (spoilers galore!): HASHWAR // NETWORK CONSOLE

[hash0]

I have also created a dedicated subreddit to keep track of the ongoing weekly Series:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Hashwar/

[NNlk05]

Unfortunately, I am away from my PC and cannot take part.

[hash0]

Unfortunately, I am away from my PC and cannot take part.

Don't worry, mate! I intend to make this a weekly series, as in: I will conduct a new tournament series every week in July.

Once you return, you'd have to hash/mine new Glyphs, though, because the ones you have in my registry (Indicum, Aeneus, Menta, and Folia) are all in weight classes 1000+. I will definitely conduct tournaments for those long-lived Glyphs, but in July we'll only do weight classes 500 and 600.

[hash0]

Stay tuned for the Grand Finale of our first weekly Hashwar tournament series!

Have a look at this weeks progression from 32 contender Glyphs down to 16 finalists:
■ https://lifehashes.net/hashwar-schedule ... ries_id=26

We'll drop the final video on our secondary channel at 23:00h UTC = 16:00h EDT = 02:30h IST = 07:00h AEST:
■ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHNIelpwFjYk

[hash0]

Since the Hashwar engine already treats the "battlefield" as a toroidal geometry, I thought "why not render it as an actual torus in 3D?":

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Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/FRBmj3OWQuM

What do you think? Is this a superiour way of displaying than the classic 2D map?

[hash0]

The Hashwar project has now officially opened its gates to the esteemed public:
■ https://lifehashes.net/login

If you register a free (and ad-free / spam-free) account with us, you can use the UI to hashmine your own Conway Glyphs and use the battle engine to test them.

Here is an explanatory video to help you through the mining pipeline to the actual set up of battles:
■ https://youtu.be/rFsUK_Bs_V0

[hash0]

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I have now included a Hall of Fame to track which Glyphs participate and win how many times across the weekly tournament series:
■ https://lifehashes.net/hashwar-schedule ... f_fame.php

[hash0]

UPDATE: The Weekly Series overview Hall of Fame now contains infos and scores on player level in addition to info aggregated on Glyph-level.
See here: ■ https://lifehashes.net/hashwar-schedule ... series.php

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