Immigration.rule

@RULE Immigration
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#  The Immigration Game Ruleset
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#  Peter Turney, February 6, 2021
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#  Based on "Immigration.table" by Andre Sand, September 5, 2012. See:
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#  https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/129088/immigration-game
#  https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/82103/immigration-game-aid
#  https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/82102/immigration-ruleset-golly
#  https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/857997/how-play-immigration-game-using-golly
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#  The Immigration Game is a game for two players inspired by 
#  Conway's Game of Life. It was created by Don Woods.
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#  A description of the game is available from Lifeline at:
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#  http://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/Lifeline_Volume_2
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#  (scroll down to page 14)
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#  See also: https://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/Colourised_Life
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@TABLE
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n_states:3
neighborhood:Moore
symmetries:permute
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var a={1,2}
var b={1,2}
var c={1,2}
var d={1,2}
var e={1,2}
var w={0,1,2}
var x={0,1,2}
var y={0,1,2}
var z={0,1,2}
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#  C,N,NE,E,SE,S,SW,W,NW,C' for the Moore neighborhood
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#  Birth of a new life with 3 live neighbours
#  New state is based on the states of the majority of live neighbours
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0,a,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1
0,a,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,2
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#  Dies of overcrowding with 4 or more live neighbours
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a,b,c,d,e,w,x,y,z,0
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#  Dies of loneliness with 0 or 1 live neighbours
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a,z,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
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#  Stays the same with 2 live neighbours
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1,a,b,0,0,0,0,0,0,1
2,a,b,0,0,0,0,0,0,2
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#  Stays the same with 3 live neighbours
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1,a,b,c,0,0,0,0,0,1
2,a,b,c,0,0,0,0,0,2
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@COLORS
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#  choose the colors for the different states
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#  format: <state red green blue comment>
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0  255  255  255   white
1  255    0    0   red
2    0    0  255   blue
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