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CasperWen8805181 wrote: August 3rd, 2026, 6:24 pm Could've sworn there was a thread for making rules less explosive / modifying rules. Please forgive me please if I'm in the wrong thread.

hotcrystal0 wrote: February 25th, 2025, 8:22 pm New WIP rule:

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x = 33, y = 19, rule = unnamed
2$5.3A$4.A3.A$3.AC.A.CA$3.3A.3A3$.A$.A.A$.2A$13.A.A$12.A12.A$12.A12.
2A$12.A2.A10.2A$12.3A10.2A!

@RULE unnamed

B34j5(a)c(e)ik(n)_S23


@TABLE


n_states:5
neighborhood:Moore
symmetries:rotate4reflect

var a={0,1,2,3,4}
var a1=a
var a2=a
var a3=a
var a4=a
var a5=a
var a6=a
var a7=a
var b = {1,2}
var b1 = b
var b2 = b
var b3 = b
var b4 = b
var b5 = b
var b6 = b
var c = {0,3}
var c1 = c
var c2 = c
var c3 = c
var c4 = c
var c5 = c

# Birth
c5,b,b1,b2,c,c1,c2,c3,c4,1
c5,b,b1,c,b2,c1,c2,c3,c4,1
c5,b,b1,c,c1,b2,c2,c3,c4,1
c5,b,b1,c,c1,c2,b2,c3,c4,1
c5,b,b1,c,c1,c2,c3,b2,c4,1
c5,b,b1,c,c1,c2,c3,c4,b2,1
c5,b,c,b1,c1,b2,c2,c3,c4,2
c5,b,c,b1,c1,c2,b2,c3,c4,1
c5,b,c,c1,b1,c2,b2,c3,c4,1
c5,c,b,c1,b1,c2,b2,c3,c4,1
c5,b,b1,c,c1,b2,c2,b3,c3,1
c5,b,b1,2,b2,b3,c,c1,c2,1
3,b,b1,b2,b3,c,c1,b4,c2,1
c5,1,2,1,1,c,c1,c2,1,1
c5,b,b1,b2,c,b3,c1,b4,c2,1
c5,b,b1,c,b2,c1,b3,b4,c2,2
3,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1
0,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,3

# Survival
1,3,3,1,1,0,0,0,0,0

b,b,b1,c,c1,c2,c3,c4,c5,1
b,b,c,b1,c1,c2,c3,c4,c5,1
b3,b,c,c1,b1,c2,c3,c4,c5,1
b3,b,c,c1,c2,b1,c3,c4,c5,1
b3,c,b,c1,b1,c2,c3,c4,c5,1
b3,c,b,c1,c2,c3,b1,c4,c5,1
b3,b,b1,b2,c,c1,c2,c3,c4,1
b3,b,b1,c,b2,c1,c2,c3,c4,1
b3,b,b1,c,c1,b2,c2,c3,c4,1
b3,b,b1,c,c1,c2,b2,c3,c4,1
b3,b,b1,c,c1,c2,c3,b2,c4,1
b3,b,b1,c,c1,c2,c3,c4,b2,1
b3,b,c,b1,c1,b2,c2,c3,c4,1
b3,b,c,b1,c1,c2,b2,c3,c4,1
b3,b,c,c1,b1,c2,b2,c3,c4,1
b3,c,b,c1,b1,c2,b2,c3,c4,1

b,b1,b2,0,0,0,b3,b4,0,3
b,b1,b2,b3,b4,b5,b6,c,c1,3
2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,2
b,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,1,3

# Death
b,a,a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7,0
3,a,a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7,0


@COLORS

0 0 0 0
1 255 0 0
2 255 128 0
3 50 0 0
4 0 255 0

@ICONS

circles

B468S02357 wrote: September 19th, 2026, 5:31 am B2/S012/G6 but cells can only give birth at states 4 & 5

x = 0, y = 0, rule = b2s012g6mod
!
[[ RANDOMIZE ]]
@RULE b2s012g6mod
@TABLE
n_states:6
neighborhood:Moore
symmetries:permute
var a={0,1,2,3,4,5}
var o={4,5}
var x={0,1,2,3}
var aa=a
var ab=a
var ac=a
var ad=a
var ae=a
var af=a
var oa=o
var xa=x
var xb=x
var xc=x
var xd=x
0,o,oa,x,x,xa,xb,xc,xd,1
1,1,1,1,a,aa,ab,ac,ad,2
2,a,a,aa,ab,ac,ad,ae,af,3
3,a,a,aa,ab,ac,ad,ae,af,4
4,a,a,aa,ab,ac,ad,ae,af,5
5,a,a,aa,ab,ac,ad,ae,af,0

yyh_baboon wrote: October 10th, 2026, 8:50 pm Life with “double cells” the count as 2 cells for its neighbours and 1 for itself(when determining the fate of cells). the double cell is created when an empty space has exactly 6 neighbors(e.g. 6 normal cells, 4 normal+2 double, etc) all cells follow B3/S23.

hotcrystal0 wrote: October 10th, 2026, 8:55 pm

yyh_baboon wrote: October 10th, 2026, 8:50 pm Life with “double cells” the count as 2 cells for its neighbours and 1 for itself(when determining the fate of cells). the double cell is created when an empty space has exactly 6 neighbors(e.g. 6 normal cells, 4 normal+2 double, etc) all cells follow B3/S23.

I believe this already exists.

i had a dream about a explosive but slowly expanding 4-state rule that made patterns similar to the outer end islands
there were green cells (endstone), purple cells (chorus), and also blue cells?????
there was at least 1 very common orthogonal spaceship
and 2 rare diagonal ships of simplified speeds c/3d and c/2d
the c/2d had duoplet sparks made of blue cells on the back and period 4 or 6 i think
the c/3d had period 3 or 6
they both had a frontend made of mostly purple cells in a pre-block shape in a phase so they look kinda similar
they're also both D2x symmetric
speedydelete — 4:37 AM
the c/2d was also a bit bigger, like maybe 9x9 while the c/3d was smaller like 7x7 or 6x6
also the chorus spreads from island to island but not always, there are often "chorus gaps"
specifically in the soup i best remember it was like 3000x500 and about 1/4 chorus covered after many many many many generations

1and0nlycordershippr wrote: October 17th, 2026, 10:46 pm An INT rule with a (4,3)c/10 spaceship and c/2 spaceship.

x = 22, y = 45, rule = B2aci3ej4jkq5cinqy7/S12k3aeijy4ikn5ceinr6-en8
11bo3bo$10bo3bo$9b4obo$10b3o2bobo$7bobo3bob2obobo$5bo7bo3bobo$7b4o2bo
3bobo$6b2obo4bo3bobo$4bo3b2o3b2o$6bo3bo$2bob2o2b3ob2o2bobo$4b2o2bobo2b
3o$o8b3ob3o2bo$2b5o4bo7bobo$2b5o6bobo4bo$o12b6obo$7bo11bobo$7b9o$7b9o
$7bo11bobo$o12b6obo$2b5o6bobo4bo$2b5o4bo7bobo$o8b3ob3o2bo$4b2o2bobo2b
3o$2bob2o2b3ob2o2bobo$6bo3bo$4bo3b2o3b2o$6b2obo4bo3bobo$7b4o2bo3bobo$
5bo7bo3bobo$7bobo3bob2obobo$10b3o2bobo$9b4obo$10bo3bo$11bo3bo6$20bo$21b
o2$21bo!

wildmyron wrote: October 25th, 2026, 8:43 am

1and0nlycordershippr wrote: October 17th, 2026, 10:46 pm An INT rule with a (4,3)c/10 spaceship and c/2 spaceship.

This is the (4,3)c/10 spaceship from the 5S project along with a c/2 spaceship found with Rust Life Search

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x = 22, y = 45, rule = B2aci3ej4jkq5cinqy7/S12k3aeijy4ikn5ceinr6-en8
11bo3bo$10bo3bo$9b4obo$10b3o2bobo$7bobo3bob2obobo$5bo7bo3bobo$7b4o2bo
3bobo$6b2obo4bo3bobo$4bo3b2o3b2o$6bo3bo$2bob2o2b3ob2o2bobo$4b2o2bobo2b
3o$o8b3ob3o2bo$2b5o4bo7bobo$2b5o6bobo4bo$o12b6obo$7bo11bobo$7b9o$7b9o
$7bo11bobo$o12b6obo$2b5o6bobo4bo$2b5o4bo7bobo$o8b3ob3o2bo$4b2o2bobo2b
3o$2bob2o2b3ob2o2bobo$6bo3bo$4bo3b2o3b2o$6b2obo4bo3bobo$7b4o2bo3bobo$
5bo7bo3bobo$7bobo3bob2obobo$10b3o2bobo$9b4obo$10bo3bo$11bo3bo6$20bo$21b
o2$21bo!

LuveelVoom wrote: October 14th, 2026, 3:09 pm
[…]

Can someone create this?

x = 0, y = 0, rule = ADream
!
[[ RANDOMIZE ]]
@RULE ADream

@TABLE

n_states:5
neighborhood:Moore
symmetries:permute

var a={0,1,2,3,4}
var b=a
var c=a
var d=a
var e=a
var f=a
var g=a
var h=a

var x=a

var i={0,1,2}
var j=i
var k=i
var l=i
var m=i
var n=i
var o=i
var p=i

var y=i

var kga={0,1}
var kgb=kga
var kgc=kga
var kgd=kga
var kge=kga
var kgf=kga
var kgg=kga
var kgh=kga

var kgx=kga

var kpa={0,2}
var kpb=kpa
var kpc=kpa
var kpd=kpa
var kpe=kpa
var kpf=kpa
var kpg=kpa
var kph=kpa

var kpx=kpa

var kwa={0,4}
var kwb=kwa
var kwc=kwa
var kwd=kwa
var kwe=kwa
var kwf=kwa
var kwg=kwa
var kwh=kwa

var kwx=kwa

var gpa={1,2}
var gpb=gpa
var gpc=gpa
var gpd=gpa
var gpe=gpa
var gpf=gpa
var gpg=gpa
var gph=gpa

var gpx=gpa

# Green cells

0,3,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1

0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1 # B3

0,2,gpb,gpc,0,0,0,0,0,2 # Infection

0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2 # B8 -> purple cell

1,4,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,4

1,2,j,k,l,m,0,0,0,2 # Infection

1,1,kgb,kgc,kgd,kge,0,0,0,1 # S12345

# Purple cells

0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1

0,2,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,2 # B3

2,4,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,4

2,2,kpb,kpc,0,0,0,0,0,2 # S123

2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,3 # S7 -> blue cell

# Blue cells

0,3,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,3 # B1

# White cells and their birth

0,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,4
0,2,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,4
0,2,3,3,0,0,0,0,0,4

0,4,4,4,4,0,0,0,0,4

4,1,1,1,d,e,f,g,h,1
4,2,2,2,d,e,f,g,h,2

4,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,4
4,4,4,4,4,kwe,kwf,kwg,kwh,4

x,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,0

@COLORS

0 000 000 000
1 000 200 000
2 200 000 255
3 000 200 255
4 255 255 255