User:Tommyaweosme/OCA:Neon Blobs

Neon Blobs
x=64, y = 64, rule = B08/S4 ! #C [[ THEME Inverse ]] #C [[ RANDOMIZE2 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	4/08 B08/S4
Rule integer	8449
Character	Explosive
Black/white reversal	B01235678/S1234567

Neon blobs is an explosive strobing rule. Cells are born on 0 and 8 neighbors, and survive on 4 neighbors. Chaospuffers are commonly found shooting out of soup.

Patterns

Chaospuffers

Zagger and Straight Face were the first two chaospuffers, discovered by Saka.

x = 7, y = 3, rule = B08/S4 2b4o2$2o4bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]

Zagger (click above to open LifeViewer)

x = 8, y = 5, rule = B08/S4 2bo2bo$o6bo$8o$o6bo$o6bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]

Straight Face (click above to open LifeViewer)

The third, less stable chaospuffer is called R, and it was discovered by Tommyaweosme.

x = 17, y = 6, rule = B08/S4 o4bo2bo5bo$2b2o6b3o$o11b3o$2b2o8bo$4o8bo2b2o$12bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]

R (click above to open LifeViewer)

Wickstretchers

Liner is a common wickstrecher, discovered by Saka.

x = 6, y = 7, rule = B08/S4 o4bo2$bo$b3o$bo2$o4bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]

Liner (click above to open LifeViewer)

Spaceships

There are two main spaceships. Hummingbird and ghast.

x = 11, y = 32, rule = B08/S4 5b5o$5b4o$2b7obo2$2o$2o$2o2$2b7obo$5b4o$5b5o6$9bo2$6bobobo2$9bo2$4bo$ 4b3o$4b3o$4bo2$9bo2$6bobobo2$9bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]

From top down, hummingbird and ghast. (click above to open LifeViewer)

External links

• B08/S4 (Neon Blobs) (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
• Tommyaweosme/OCA:Neon Blobs at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue