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Written by parkes-codes © 2026

Controls

Basic Controls:

◉ Click on a cell to flip its value

◉ You can hold click and draw across the screen

◉ Move the camera with ASWD or arrow keys

◉ Zoom the screen with scroll wheel or the "+" and "-" keys

◉ Press space to start/stop the simulation

◉ Hold Shift to highlight cells and use various hotkeys on them

Hotkeys

◉ When paused, use the "t" key to advance 1 tick; Use Y to advance TPT ticks.

◉ Also use the U key to tick the selected pixels.

◉ Command+S to save the current state

◉ R key to load saved state

◉ I key to move the selected pixels by an offset

◉ Command R to fully clear board

◉ O key to toggle render optimization

◉ Z key to recenter the camera

◉ / while clicking on auto camera slider key to set to 0

Highlight Hotkeys (all require Command key held)

◉ RightClick on any selected cell to drag the selected and reposition it.

◉ C: Copy

◉ V: Paste (hold down v to see where it will be placed)

◉ D: Rotate 90 Degrees

◉ "," Flip X

◉ "." Flip Y

◉ DeleteKey: Delete selected cells

Editing Hotkeys

◉ F key to place/remove a colored marker at location

◉ Command G key to delete all markers placed

◉ J key to place a marker at all selected pixels

◉ N key to switch between marker colors

◉ Control P to convert all markers into live pixels

Lexicon

List of my favorite patterns in game of life. A couple are made by me.

Credit to ConwayLife Wiki and Forums, Marcos (a few), and Catagolue

Randoms

Random Pattern (10x10) Generate

Random Pattern (26x26) Generate

Random Pattern (50x50) Generate

Random Pattern (100x100) Generate

Random Pattern (250x250) Generate

Random Pattern (500x500) Generate

Oscillators

15-Cycle Spawn

112p15 Spawn

Queen Bee Shuttle Spawn

Kok's Galaxy Spawn

Lone Dot Agar Spawn

Centinal Spawn

Diuresis Spawn

Beluchenkos p51 Spawn

Twirling T-Tetsons II Spawn

Ring of Fire Spawn

Period 177 Spawn

Period 135 Glider Spawn

352p51 Spawn

Hans Leo Hassler (p156) Spawn

Lightspeed Oscillator Extended Spawn

Billiard Table Oscillators Spawn

High Period Glider Crystal Spawn

Glider Loop (p63) Spawn

Glider Loop 2 Spawn

Two blockers hassling a thingy Spawn

p138 Spiral Spawn

p60 Spiral Spawn

p32 Spiral Spawn

Achims Period 144 Spawn

p152 B Hassler Spawn

p690 Boat Rotator Spawn

p84 R Pentomino Hassler Spawn

Traffic Light Wire Oscillator Spawn

Spaceships

Orthogonal 2c/5 ship 1 Spawn

Orthogonal 2c/5 ship 2 Spawn

Orthogonal c/3 Spawn

Unorthogonal c/5 Spawn

295P5H1V1 Spawn

Growing 3c/7 Spaceship Spawn

Growing Wing (Flying Wing) Spawn

Snail (c/5) Spawn

Weekender (2c/7) Spawn

c/6 Ship Spawn

c/7 Ship (loafer) Spawn

3c/7 Ship Spawn

c/10 Ship Spawn

c/10 Ship 2 Spawn

2 Dragon Tagalong Spawn

Mega Overweight Spaceship Escort Spawn

Blinker Spaceship (Infinitely Growing) Spawn

Adjustable Spaceship (p1136 here) Spawn

Period 2c/6 Ships Collection Spawn

Period c/4 Ships Collection Spawn

Glider Ships Collection Spawn

Glider Eater Eater Spawn

Greyships

c/2 (technically 4c/8) Greyship Spawn

c/3 Greyship Spawn

c/4 Greyship Spawn

c/5 Greyship Spawn

2c/5 Perpendicular Stripes Greyship Spawn

c5 Bubble Ship Spawn

Width 2 Chicken Wire Ship Spawn

Width 3 Chickenwire Ship Spawn

Chicken Wire-To-Negative Ship Spawn

Strange Negative Line Ship #1 Spawn

Strange Negative Line Ship #2 Spawn

Big A-ship Spawn

Big A-ship 2Spawn

Misc Ships

Orthogonal Antship Spawn

Un Orthogonal Antship Spawn

Wickstretcher+Eater Ship (c/5) Spawn

Cordership-LWSS freeze tag Spawn

Lineship Spawn

Lineship Extended Spawn

Wickship 2 Spawn

c/10 Non-Growing Puller Ship Spawn

Knightship Spawn

Solifuge Spawn

Original Solifuge Spawn

Solifuge Descendant Spawn

Fleet Puller Spawn

c7 Wave Spawn

Growing Pi Climber Spawn

Lightspeed p2 Wick Ship Spawn

Barges

Barge (extended) Spawn

Barge 2 (extended) Spawn

c/10 Barge Spawn

Corderships

2-engine Cordership (8c/96) Spawn

13-engine Cordership (8c/96) Spawn

Cordership (8c/96) Spawn

Fillers

Space Filler Spawn

Half Filler Spawn

Quartermax Spawn

Quartermax 2Spawn

Space Filler Collision Spawn

Space Non-filler Spawn

Space Non-filler Collision Spawn

Growths

Log (t)^2 Growth Spawn

Mosquito1 Spawn

Mosquito5 Spawn

Teeth Spawn

Catacryst Spawn

Rakes

Space Rake Spawn

c/2 Backrake Spawn

c/3 Backrake Spawn

Tethered Rake Spawn

3-engine Cordership Gun/Rake Spawn

2c/5 Engineless Rake Spawn

MWSS Forward Rake Spawn

Backwards Cordership Rake Spawn

LWSS Cordership Rake Spawn

Forwards Spaceship Rake Spawn

Period 50 rake (cool) Spawn

p50 Big LWSS rake Spawn

LWSS Backrake Spawn

c/4 Fuse Convoy Spawn

Long Boat Backrake Spawn

Puffers

Blinker Puffer Spawn

Bi-Block Puffer Spawn

Fancier Bi-block Puffer Spawn

Bigger Bi Block (2 segments; adjustable) Spawn

BBB Collision (starts and ends at 800 cells) Spawn

Glider Eater Puffer Spawn

c/3 Puffer Spawn

Slow Puffer 1 Spawn

Slow Puffer 2 Spawn

Diagonal Puffer Spawn

Birthday Puffer Spawn

SuperStable Line Puffer Spawn

Unstable Line Puffer Spawn

Hershel Track Puffer Spawn

Beehive Puffer Spawn

Puffer Train Spawn

Wavy Block Puffer Spawn

Unstable Puffer 2 Spawn

Double Back Puffer Spawn

Out and forward puffer Spawn

Period 210 Puffer (cool) Spawn

c/6d Puffer Spawn

4c/8 Multi Block Puffer Wave Spawn

Glider-to-Block Puffer (cool) Spawn

c/4d Octagon Puffer (BIG) Spawn

c/2 Block Puffer Spawn

Stretchers

c/4 Antstretcher Spawn

c/2 Wickstretcher Spawn

p2 Diagonal Wickstretcher Spawn

c/5 Wickstretcher Spawn

Diagonal Wickstretcher Spawn

c/5 Tubstretcher Spawn

(c124b?) Tubstretcher 2 Spawn

Infinitely Extendable Tubstretcher Spawn

Linestretcher Spawn

Linestretcher 2 (8c/96) Spawn

Zigzag Wickstretcher Spawn

Simple Queen Bee Stretcher Spawn

Complex Queen Bee Stretcher Spawn

2c/5 Greystretcher Spawn

c/5 Greystretcher Spawn

c/4 GreystretcherSpawn

"Width 3 chicken wire negative wick stretcher" Spawn

c/2 Greystretcher Spawn

c/2 Double Snakestretcher Spawn

Breeders

Pufferfish Breeder Spawn

Pufferfish Breeder Climbers Spawn

Hershel Track Breeder Spawn

Hershel Track Puffer Spawn

Rake Breeder Spawn

Rake Breeder 2 Spawn

c/10s Rake Breeder Spawn

Slide Breeder (large) Spawn

LWSS Breeder Spawn

c/10 Block-Laying cship Breeder Spawn

Double Glider Breeder Spawn

Smallest Glider Breeder Spawn

Spiral Growths

Single Channel Spiral Growth Spawn

Smaller Spiral Growth Spawn

Diehards

t2279 Diehard Spawn

t2474 Diehard Spawn

t9044 Diehard Spawn

t14010 Diehard Spawn

t50716 Diehard Spawn

Guntrues

p14 Spawn

p15 Spawn

p16 Spawn

p18 Spawn

p20 Spawn

p21 Spawn

p22 Spawn

p24 Spawn

p25 Spawn

p27 Spawn

p28 Spawn

p30 Spawn

p32 Spawn

p33 Spawn

p34 Spawn

p35 Spawn

p36 Spawn

p37 Spawn

p38 Spawn

p39 Spawn

p40 Spawn

p41 Spawn

p44 Spawn

p46 Spawn

p124 Spawn

p148 Spawn

p165 Spawn

p178 Spawn

p246 Spawn

Misc Glider Guns

Pseudo p14 Glider Spawn

Simkin Glider (p120) Spawn

B52 Bomber (p104 double gun) Spawn

Double Glider (p46) Spawn

Gunstar (p216) Spawn

4 Direction Glider (p256) Spawn

P ~15000 Glider Spawn

Crystallization And Decay Based (p4900 ish) Spawn

Slowest Glider (p103079214841) Spawn

Spaceship Guns

LWSS p30 Spawn

LWSS Gliderless p46 Spawn

LWSS Gliderless 2 p44 Spawn

MWSS p44 Spawn

MWSS p46 Spawn

MWSS p80 Spawn

MWSS pseudo p30 Spawn

MWSS Slide p878 Spawn

HWSS p30 Spawn

HWSS p80 Spawn

Side-By-Side Glider (vacuum) Spawn

Slide Spawn

Double Slide Spawn

Slide With Beehive Spawn

Space Rake Gun Spawn

Blinker Ship Spawn

Sidecar Spawn

Half On HWSS Spawn

Loafer Spawn

Faster Loafer Spawn

p240 25P3H1V0.1 Spawn

Wide c2 Ship Spawn

Big A (p144) Spawn

P690 300x300 Weekender Spawn

B29 (spaceship) (p148) Spawn

Fireship Spawn

Copperhead Spawn

2-Engine Cordership Spawn

Dart Spawn

P444 Weekender Spawn

Lobster Spawn

Spaceship (p416) Spawn

6-engine Cordership Spawn

7-engine Cordership V gun Spawn

"Infinite Corderships" Spawn

Smaller Spaceship1 (p690) Spawn

Very Slow Diagonal Spaceship Spawn

Solifuge (p8064) Spawn

Spider (p2619, 256k cells) Spawn

p1000 74p2h1v0 With Attachment Spawn

Gliderless Loafer Spawn

Gliderless 2-Eng Cordership Spawn

Gliderless LWSS on MWSS 3 Spawn

Gliderless MWSS on MWSS 1 Spawn

Gliderless Coeship Spawn

Gliderless LWSS Slide (p188) Spawn

Very Large Patterns

All Traffic Light Hasslers Spawn

All Oscillators (part 1) Spawn

All Oscillators (part 2) Spawn

Glider Tripwire Spawn

Leaf Bug 2a Spawn

Water Strider Spawn

Growing Pi Waveship (87k) Spawn

Fermat Primes Computer Spawn

Shtshow (insanity) Spawn

Turing Machine Spawn

High Speed Telegraph Spawn

Solifuge-Based Glider Breeder Spawn

14c/65 Growing Fuse Extender Spawn

Demonoids and Caterpillars

Slowsilver Demonoid (MASSIVE AND SLOW) Spawn

Merger Based Demonoid Spawn

"The LifeViewer Size Demonoid!" Spawn

Knightship Caterpillar (r1x) Spawn

r2x Spawn

"New Ship" (caterpillar) Spawn

Four Digit Demonoid Spawn

Miscellaneous

Acorn Spawn

Double Glider Starter Spawn

4 Glider Creator Spawn

12 Glider Creator Spawn

Glider Train Spawn

Pony Express Spawn

Synthesis of Crabstretcher Spawn

Pinwheel Synth Spawn

Trombone Slide Spawn

Bobsled Run Revised Spawn

Glider Eater Spawn

Glider Racetrack (p46) Spawn

Diagonal Fuse Spawn

Tiniest Infinite (Block Laying Switch Engine Synth) Spawn

Tiniest LWSS Starter Spawn

Lightspeed Bubble Spawn

Glider Advancer (pushes by 60ticks) Spawn

Sawtooth 177 Spawn

Sawtooth x3 Spawn

Quadratic Pusher Spawn

Elbow Ladder 1 Spawn

Elbow Ladder 2 Spawn

Conga Line Switch Engine Extender Spawn

Broken Lines Spawn

Blockstacker Spawn

Buff guy with hat synthesis (made by me) Spawn

Thank You (Spawn)

Kickback Chain(Spawn)

Kickback Chain Static (Spawn)

Bulldozer (Spawn)

Prompt Menu Name

Description of prompt