Fractals in Conway's Game of Life

Mathematician John Conway came up with this "game", the Game of Life, which is a type of cellular automata. Essentially there's a big grid of cells, coloured white for alive, black for dead. The "player" decides a starting configuration, generation 0, then hits play. At each new generation a set of rules are applied to decide which cells die, give birth or stay as they are.
Setting very geometric and fractal like initial positions leads to some interesting behaviours. I do not know why these patterns occur, nor do I know any rules for good what makes a good fractal for Game of Life. Most of this came out of experiments and trial and error.
Hopefully it is pleasing to watch at least, enjoy.

[@RPWhitworth]

I love how the triangular ones zip themselves up.

[@readyplayerkitten2136]

This video must have taken so long to make. This person deserves subs

[@errantrail]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
I guess for subs, this is a sort of one off video, usually I make car videos in BeamNG with its camera path tool so this is completely different.

[@StefanReich]

Oh. I was expecting starting configurations that _create_ fractals when simulated

[@user-rz5pg8dn7p]

Same.

[@H_fromDiscord_real]

0:58

You can do that! Start with a veeeery long, 1 thick line and see what happens.

[@Tscoming]

literaly netflix 1:13

[@errantrail]

pahaa I don't actually watch netflix so I never thought of that but I can't unsee it now

[@thatguyoversea]

stunning...

[@Instru_Mental_Music]

Fractals are like living things.

[@godesacher2388]

1:13 I thought it was Netflix lol

[@AltrrxOfficial]

oh did you know that with a birth number of 1 and you pick any surviving value of neighbours, then it gives you a growing fractal?

[@errantrail]

um.. if I'm being honest I don't even understand what you mean here, sorry.

[@AltrrxOfficial]

@@errantrail ok

[@tcat9281]

0:19 is anyone else able to see gd face

[@thescratchguy428]

I have more subs than u 😎

[@errantrail]

Cool. 😎

[@H_fromDiscord_real]

oh hey scratch

[@hanstheexplorer]

I have more subs than u

[@errantrail]

Cool. 😎