Copperhead
spaceship
A c/10 orthogonal spaceship found in 2016 by a user known only as 'zdr' - proof that after half a century the search space is stil…
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The house catalogue of classic patterns plus everything the community has saved. Every tile is a live simulation - open any of them in the Lab and take them apart.
Glider
spaceship
Five cells that walk diagonally across the grid, one cell every four generations. Conway's group found it in 1969 and it became th…
Lightweight spaceship
spaceship
The smallest orthogonal spaceship, travelling at half the speed of light. Known as the LWSS.
Heavyweight spaceship
spaceship
The largest of the three classic orthogonal ships. Add another segment and it becomes unstable - which is why the family stops her…
Middleweight spaceship
spaceship
One cell wider than the LWSS and just as fast. The MWSS leaves a slightly larger spark, which matters when you are building with t…