This new tutorial will show how to use this program.
Lets draw a glider.
Open the color box by going to view->show color box.
Open the tool box by going to view->show tool box.
Select the color yellow from the color box and select the pencil tool from the tool box. You can also select the pencil tool by press the A key.
Draw this glider as showed below.
Press the X key to save this generation to the stack.
Press enter to watch the glider move.
Press enter again to stop the glider.
Tip: You can also press the N key or the space bar to advance 1 generation.
Press the Z key to go back to the last generation saved.
tip: you can use the V key to go the current generation.
Draw the blinker
Make a selection of the glider.
There are 2 ways of making a selection.
1. You could use the ctrl key while making a selection
2. You could select the selection tool from the tool box, then make a selection.
Move the selection by using the arrow keys while holding down the shift key.
Press Enter to watch the glider hit the blinker. You can also press the C key to advance 20 generations.
Press Enter again to stop.
Press the Z key to go back to the last generation saved. You can try different positions for the glider by moving the selection around. You can use the enter key or the space key to watch the glider hit the blinker from a different position. you can also use the C key or N Key for the same thing.
Now lets replace that blinker with a block.
Select the color black from the color box and select the pencil tool.
Erase the blinker using the pencil tool.
Select the color yellow and draw the block.
You can try different positions for the glider by moving the selection around. You can use the enter key or the space key to watch the glider hit the block from a different position. you can also use the C key or N Key for the same thing.
Now lets copy the block.
Select the block.
Hold down the ctrl key while you move the block with the mouse.
tip: you can also use ctrl-C and ctrl-V to copy and paste.
Now there are 2 block and a glider.
Go to file->new
Fill out the form on the new universe dailog box as showed below
| board size | |
| width | 1024 |
| height | 1024 |
| rectangle of random cells | |
| seed | 10 |
| colors | 2 |
| offset x | 0 |
| offset y | 0 |
| width | 64 |
| height | 64 |
Press enter to watch some random gliders, still lifes and other patterns appear.
Click on the clear button.
Draw the R-pentomino.
Press enter to watch it evolve.
Click on the clear button.
Draw a line that has 10 yellow cells.
Press enter to watch the line turn into a period-15 oscillator called the pentadecathlon.
Draw the queen bee shuttle below
Press enter to watch it move.
Press the X key to save this generation to the stack.
It goes back and forth making beehives. But the second time around it crashes into it's own beehive.
Press the Z key to go back to the last generation saved.
Now keep pressing the space bar until the queen bee shuttle is finish making a beehive.
Now draw an block next to a beehive as show in this picture below.
Do the same thing for the second beehive.
As you can see, queen bee shuttle is now a period-30 oscillator with these 2 blocks.
