Life Objects Buildable With 6 Gliders

Still-lifes | Pseudo-still-lifes | P2 oscillators | P2 pseudo-oscillators | P3 oscillator | P5 oscillator | P6 oscillator | P8 oscillator | P14 oscillator | P15 oscillators | P15 pseudo-oscillators | P30 oscillators | P30 pseudo-oscillators | Spaceships | Constellations | Methuselahs | Naturally-occurring objects

Since only a small fraction of all the possible 6-glider interactions have been tracked, it is likely that many of these lists are incomplete.

Also, these lists include all objects from the other "regular" synthesis lists that require 6 gliders, but there has been no attempt to systematically extend these lists to include larger trivial objects (for example, by adding a boat via the 1-glider "boat bit" method to all 5-glider objects and pseudo-objects) as was done for the 3-, 4- and 5-glider lists.

217 still-lifes buildable from 6 gliders

Due to space limitations, these and their syntheses are shown on a separate page.

253 pseudo-still-lifes buildable from 6 gliders

Due to space limitations, these and their syntheses are shown on a separate page.

14 period 2 oscillators buildable from 6 gliders

30 period 2 pseudo-oscillators buildable from 6 gliders

2 period 3 oscillators buildable from 6 gliders

1 period 5 oscillator buildable from 6 gliders

Octagon II has eight fingers that can sometimes be used to hassle other oscillators like the period 50 Traffic Jam.

1 period 6 oscillator buildable from 6 gliders

The Unix is the smallest oscillator that produces a period 6 diagonal bit spark.

1 period 8 oscillator buildable from 6 gliders

The blocker is the smallest oscillator that produces a period 8 diagonal bit spark.

The 1 period 14 oscillator buildable from 6 gliders

16 period 15 oscillators buildable from 6 gliders

6 period 15 pseudo-oscillators buildable from 6 gliders

6 period 30 oscillators buildable from 6 gliders

The Queen bee is extremely versatile. It is a shuttle that flips over every 15 generations, leaving a beehive egg, which must be removed; in both cases above, by a block. The Queen bee forms the basis for the first glider gun ever discovered, as well as many oscillators with periods of 30n.

It can also eat gliders many different ways:

• Row 1 #1+2: left sides cook glider into block, then into toxic boat; right sides cook glider into toxic block
• Row 1 #3: cooks glider into boat, then into toxic blinker
• Row 1 #4: both sides cook glider into toxic loaf
• Row 1 #5: cooks glider into toxic beehive
• Row 2 #1+2: cook glider into block, then eat the block
• Row 2 #3+4: cook glider into something the block then eats
• Rows 3-6: eat glider directly

In addition to being able to being able to eat gliders in all the same ways a queen bee can, plus several others, the Buckaroo can also naturally reflect gliders 90 degrees, making it useful in constructing glider loops of period 30n.

3 period 30 pseudo-oscillators buildable from 6 gliders

The beacon on pentadecathlon has a pseudo-period of 30, a composite of 2 and 15.

The 4 spaceships buildable from 6 gliders

5 small constellations buildable from 6 gliders

There are an infinite number of 6-glider constellations; these are some of the most common.

1 methuselah buildable from 6 gliders

The top 21 naturally-occurring objects buildable from 6 gliders

Other costs: 2 gliders, 3 gliders, 4 gliders, 5 gliders, 6 gliders, 1 glider/bit, >1 glider/bit, unknown.

See also: Life objects sorted by: counts, frequency of occurrence, cost in gliders, name, size in bits, or type.

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