Transport

Pattern

The seed reproduces a random binary field; the body state itself always begins free.

World seed

Random density10%

Free Life

B4/S5

Birth at living count

Survive at living count

Core formation

Free living cells only

Become a blue core at living count

Selected core counts: 2. An empty core rule is deliberately unavailable.

Binding wave

One Moore ring / generation

Maximum binding depth4Hold after propagation3Cohesion after movement1Release recovery1

A new core moves after 7 formation beats. A successful body then stays bound for 1 cohesion beat before reconsidering movement.

During cohesion, qualifying cores refresh local support one Moore ring per beat. Unsupported tissue releases when the lease ends.

Asymmetry response

Unique projection or rest

The living-neighbor offsets are summed into one local vector. Within each Moore neighborhood, the strongest asymmetry propagates; an exact strongest tie produces rest.

008GOL

Common Body

Dense local life binds into temporary blue bodies that share an asymmetry-derived heading, transpose together, deform on contact, and dissolve back into ordinary Life.

Explore the collection Rules & reproducibility

Current composition

01Free cells apply B4/S5; living counts 2 instead become blue cores before Life resolves.
02A core points counterclockwise; the uniquely strongest local asymmetry relays through 4 living Moore rings, while exact ties rest.
03The body forms for 4 beats, holds for 3, transposes one cell, and remains bound for 1 beats while core support travels outward locally.
04Successful arrivals retain their core or tissue role. Only a rest, blocked edge, or collision releases a cell into 1 Life beat of recovery.

Neighborhood: Moore · 8 adjacent cells
Update: Synchronous Life + body transport
Initial state: Random life · seed 800008
Field: 160 × 160 · toroidal

Selected cell

Position: (80, 80) · Dead → dead
Role: Free → Free
Living neighbors: 1 / 8 · Life → dead
Asymmetry: (0, -1) · proposes W
Body state: None · strength 0 · depth none
Body clock: 0 until movement · 0 cohesion beats remain · support 0
Binding signal: None · strength 0
Movement: No outgoing move · 0 incoming
Release recovery: 0 beats remaining
Last event: None

Experiment index008 / 100

Game of Life: Common Body

Paused

160 × 160 · toroidal · 10.2% alive

Click and drag to draw or erase free living cells. Turn on Inspect cell to expose its Life result, core test, asymmetry vector and strength, body heading, binding depth, cohesion clock, incoming claims, and next state. Blue cells are cores, cyan cells are bound tissue, amber cells are recovering after release, pale outlines arrived in the last generation, and coral cells encountered a conflict. With the playfield focused, use arrow keys to move the cursor, Enter to toggle a cell when inspection is off, P to play or pause, and S to step.

Free lifeBlue coreBound tissueRecoveringConflict

Watch dense patches turn blue, recruit larger bodies, settle on local headings, then remain bound across repeated movement beats.