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Re: Vindinium: An artificial intelligence programming challenge

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Post by lobo_tuerto » Mon, Aug 18, 2014, 4:42 PM UTC

digitalzombie wrote: post #32

jbarrow wrote: post #3

If you're interested in this kind of thing and want a gentle introduction, I highly recommend CodeCombat [1], which offers both a single player version for learning the system and a multiplayer version for writing AI code. [1] http://codecombat.com

Can you recommend other resources and reading materials other than this? I would like more on top of the provided links thank you. OP's url have got me interested in AI now, but mainly for solving puzzles like this.

Some years ago I really enjoyed this book:

Programming Game AI by Example http://www.ai-junkie.com/books/toc_pgaibe.html

Re: Vindinium: An artificial intelligence programming challenge

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Post by lobo_tuerto » Mon, Aug 18, 2014, 4:44 PM UTC

Twirrim wrote: post #39

Is it normal for x to reference the vertical, and y the horizontal in such games? Maybe I don't understand how they're normally represented. take this map: http://vindinium.org/4mx1xu9j it returns the locations of the mines as: {(5, 9): u'-', (4, 9): u'-', (5, 0): u'-', (4, 0): u'-'} So that top left most mine is 4,0 instead of 0,4 that I'd would expect. It also has the location of my hero (althalus, right at the top…

Maybe it's a (row,column) metaphor.

Re: Vindinium: An artificial intelligence programming challenge

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Post by gsaines » Wed, Aug 20, 2014, 1:36 AM UTC

nnoitra wrote: post #38

jbarrow wrote: post #3

If you're interested in this kind of thing and want a gentle introduction, I highly recommend CodeCombat [1], which offers both a single player version for learning the system and a multiplayer version for writing AI code. [1] http://codecombat.com

codecombat is awful. Lags a lot, has a bad UI and a lot of bugs.

Hey nnoitra, CodeCombat founder here. Sorry that we've treated you so poorly. I'd love to know more about your experience, namely what browser are you using, what's your internet connection like, how is your computer, and a few more. Shoot me a line at george@codecombat.com!

Re: Vindinium: An artificial intelligence programming challenge

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Post by gsaines » Wed, Aug 20, 2014, 1:36 AM UTC

jbarrow wrote: post #3

If you're interested in this kind of thing and want a gentle introduction, I highly recommend CodeCombat [1], which offers both a single player version for learning the system and a multiplayer version for writing AI code. [1] http://codecombat.com

Thanks for the +1 jbarrow, appreciate it!