[BZH314]

Here is our Twitch Plays implementation: https://www.twitch.tv/bzh314

It supports RLEs [1] so you can quickly create some known shapes or test your own.

Crash course on RLEs:

b=dead, o=alive, $=new line

This is the RLE of xkcd's tribute to John Conway [2]:

2b3o$2bobo$2bobo$3bo$ob3o$bobobo$3bo2bo$2bobo$2bobo!

You can discover plenty of patterns with their RLEs on the Life Wiki [3]

Twitch Plays Conway's Game Of Life has a database of hundreds of patterns.

To learn patterns here's a 40-minute video you can quickly go through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4XgALyX6w8

For instance you can make a Sir Robin [4] at the origin this way:

!SirRobin 0.0

or the xkcd pattern:

!xkcd 0.0

We also added our own twist, with color rules that lead to the Epic Toy Store Pixel Art [5] and Epic Masterpiece Pixel Art Decoration [6]

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[1] http://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/Run_Length_Encoded

[2] https://xkcd.com/2293/

[3] https://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/Main_Page

[4] https://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/Sir_Robin

[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH5RzNnamW0

[6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKxKac5YHag