Visual Basic 2010 (Windows) Guide
Conway's Game Of Life:Sample Files

Introduction

This page contains a small selection of patterns that have been previously discovered in the Life universe. Search the web and you'll find many more.

Acorn

The acorn is a Methuselah - 6000+ generations and lots of gliders.

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Acorn


Ants

This pattern moves across the screen in an insect-like manner.

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Ants


B Heptamino

7 live cells that last quite a few generations,

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B Heptamino


Figure Eight

An oscillating pattern,

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Figure Eight


Glider

The simplest spaceship,

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Glider


Gliders By The Dozen

Simple starting pattern that eventually spits some gliders,

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Gliders By The Dozen


Gosper Glider Gun

A pattern that generates gliders,

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Gosper Glider Gun


Heavyweight Spaceship

Bigger Spaceship,

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Heavywieght Spaceship


Noah's Ark

Everything is two-by-two,

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Noah's Ark


Pentadecathlon

10 cells in a row - interesting patterns

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Pentadecathlon


Quad

Nice oscillating pattern.

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Quad