# GOL-008: Common Body

Dense local life binds into temporary blue bodies that share an asymmetry-derived heading, transpose together, deform on contact, and dissolve back into ordinary Life.

[Open simulation](https://100gol.com/experiments/008) · [Directory](https://100gol.com/experiments)

## What to explore

Dense local Life should nucleate visible cores, recruit connected tissue over
time, share a locally derived heading, transpose, deform on contact, release,
and form again. Success requires repeated macro bodies and movement without
early saturation; a visually plausible first few frames are insufficient.

## Rules, update order and replay

Free cells follow editable B3/S23 by default. Selected living-neighbor counts
nucleate cores before ordinary Life can remove them. Each core derives a unique
heading from its local first spatial moment; exact symmetry rests. Core signals
propagate through living tissue one Moore ring per generation, carrying heading,
depth, lease and movement clock. Agreeing bound cells later make local departure
and arrival claims for one-cell transposition. Conflicting strongest signals rest
or remain free; contested movement deforms/releases affected tissue without a
global stop. Recovery cells follow Life but cannot immediately renucleate.
State includes occupancy, role, heading, depth, clocks/leases, recovery, and
arrival/conflict evidence. All reads and commits are synchronous. Replay requires
the complete state, generation, configuration, topology, profile, initial mode,
and seed/density. Reset reconstructs all hidden layers.

## Reading the simulation

Blue cores, depth-graded cyan binding, amber recovery, pale arrivals, and coral
conflicts are causal evidence. Inspection reports independent Life result, core
qualification, asymmetry vector, proposed/inherited heading, depth, clock,
incoming claims, cohesion/recovery, and exact next role; a dashed outline marks
an outgoing target. Every palette meaning also appears in context, legend, and
written inspector output.

## Reproduce a starting configuration

[Download example JSON](https://100gol.com/api/experiments/008/configuration). Import it using Share & reproduce in the simulation controls. It starts paused at Step zero. Files contain rules and initial conditions, not evolved boards or manual edits. See [format, limitations and automated access](https://100gol.com/agents).