# Life: Nothing + Nothing = Glider (WIP) [tag:game-of-life] [tag:code-challenge] --- In [Conway's Game of Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life), there is an infinite square grid of cells, each of which is alive or dead. The pattern changes each "generation". A dead cell with exactly 3 live neighbors (orthogonal or diagonal) becomes a live cell. A live cell only lives to the next generation if it has 2 or 3 live neighbors. These simple rules lead to very complex behaviors. The most well-known pattern is the [glider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glider_(Conway%27s_Life)), a pattern that moves diagonally one cell every 4 generations and looks like this:  ## The Challenge Your task is to create two patterns which will eventually result in an empty board when by themselves, but when combined in a certain non-overlapping arrangement, eventually spawn a single glider and nothing else. ## Rules and Scoring - Each of the lone patterns must fit within a 100x100 cell box and may not contain more than 100 live cells. - The combined patterns are considered non-overlapping if and only if the sub-patterns' bounding boxes do not overlap. - Your score is the sum of the number of generations it takes to get to the goal state for each of the 3 initial patterns. Highest score wins.