On 10/22/2011 6:49 PM, Jesse Phillips wrote:
For those who didn't see. AI Challenge, an event sponsored by Google,
supports the use of D 2.054 and provides a starter pack.
http://ai-contest.com/
http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/ljk4v/
ai_challenge_fall_2011_ants_now_open/
From the D.learn post:
So here is the deal: You write a program that controls a population of
ants. You get a number of ant hills and explore the map with your ant
horde looking for food to produce more ants and enemy ant hills that you
can raze for points.
There is fog-of-war and obstacles. Moving ants in groups gives them better
chances to survive by outnumbering enemies. The map is on a grid and ants
wrap around if they move over the edges. A match usually has between 2-8
players and is turn based. The players make their moves simultaneously
within a time window of 500ms. Oh yeah and it is free to sign up and
requires no previous knowledge in AI programming.
Feel free to ask questions on the IRC channel #aichallenge on Freenode.
And for those who care: I'm working on a bot in D. I'm currently done
implementing the A* algorithm for path finding and it won't be long
until I have finished the exploring / gathering of food roles. The
combat strategy however is going to be huge, so that'll take a bit
longer. If anyone wants to exchange ideas, feel free to get in touch -
I'm hanging out in the freenode channel of the challenge regularly.
I will have a busy few weeks ahead, so expect the first D bot (if it
will be the first) to pop up on the upper part of the scoreboard in in
about 2-3 weeks.
/Max aka awishformore
