Game of Life Object Catalogs

Contents

• Definitions Definitions of terms and conventions used in these pages.
• Catalogs
  • Class 1 Catalog— Stable All known stable objects from 4 bits through 22 bits, with partial lists up to 30 bits.
  • Class 2 Catalog— Oscillating All known oscillating objects. List of Period 2 complete to 20 bits.
  • Class 3 Catalog— Moving All known moving objects.
  • Class 4 Catalog— Infinite A sampling of infinite objects, including glider guns, spaceship guns, puffer trains, expanding spaceships, wickstretchers, spacefillers and other exotic objects which grow without limit.
• Common patterns Small patterns which are commonly observed, with the resulting final pattern when run to completion.
• Natural objects Objects which have been observed to final results of soup experiments, listed in order of frequency.
• Small Objects Examples of the smallest objects of a given type or class.
  • Oscillators
  • Moving
• Spaceships
  • Smallest Smallest known spaceship for given speeds
  • Period 4 Speed ^c/₂
• Wick Oscillators
  • Period 2 Catalog
• Object Symmetry
  • Class 1 (Stable)
  • Class 2 (Oscillators)