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I am thinking of holding a bot coding contest where I will provide a base class called animal and entrants will have to derive a class from that which will be capable of surviving in the virtual world. The winner would be the last animal alive.
What do you people think of this idea? (If you think you might enter then post below - I wouldn't want to organise it for nothing!)
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Contest: Animal/Bot Coding (AI)
by Corsix » Thu Aug 19, 2004 12:10 pm
Last edited by Corsix on Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:49 am, edited 1 time in total.
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#include <stdio.h>
char*_="XxTIHRCXCxTIHRXRCxTIHXHRCxTIXIHRCxTXTIHRCxXxTIHRCX";
int main(int l){for(l+=7;l!=putchar(010);++l);if(*(++_))main
(*_!=88?(putchar(*_^073)|putchar(33))&1:0xffff2a8b);}
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by Darobat » Thu Aug 19, 2004 12:36 pm
Ooo!! Good idea! I like it! I hope people like this!
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#include <stdio.h>
struct W{char m,M[4??),w;void x(char
*W)??<w^=w;while(w[W]!=0)putchar(W[w
]^M[w++%5??));}W():m(040),w(0){char*
X="d@PLfAU\x05P)sHEMoTTPF""\31";for(
;w<5;w++[M??)=m++);x(X);}}w;main(){}
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by Corsix » Thu Aug 19, 2004 12:51 pm
I was thnking around the lines of your animals could attack (and eat) each other, look and move around and to survive - breed. However nothing is written in stone yet so anything you want / dont want can be added or removed 
PS. Glad people like it
PS. Glad people like it
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#include <stdio.h>
char*_="XxTIHRCXCxTIHRXRCxTIHXHRCxTIXIHRCxTXTIHRCxXxTIHRCX";
int main(int l){for(l+=7;l!=putchar(010);++l);if(*(++_))main
(*_!=88?(putchar(*_^073)|putchar(33))&1:0xffff2a8b);}
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by Lovechild » Thu Aug 19, 2004 12:54 pm
seems like you have a lot of work to get this one moving, but sounds really cool.
you would have to post limitations on our animal. he might make a sheep of some kind, but bygod I'm a T-REX!
you would have to post limitations on our animal. he might make a sheep of some kind, but bygod I'm a T-REX!
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by Darobat » Thu Aug 19, 2004 1:12 pm
Obviously you would have to code some sort of restrictions in. Ie, our animals shouldnt be able to do this
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animal::attack()
{
double damage = 999999999;
return damage;
}
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#include <stdio.h>
struct W{char m,M[4??),w;void x(char
*W)??<w^=w;while(w[W]!=0)putchar(W[w
]^M[w++%5??));}W():m(040),w(0){char*
X="d@PLfAU\x05P)sHEMoTTPF""\31";for(
;w<5;w++[M??)=m++);x(X);}}w;main(){}
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by Corsix » Thu Aug 19, 2004 1:19 pm
Yes I thought of that while looking around boring museums in London.
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#include <stdio.h>
char*_="XxTIHRCXCxTIHRXRCxTIHXHRCxTIXIHRCxTXTIHRCxXxTIHRCX";
int main(int l){for(l+=7;l!=putchar(010);++l);if(*(++_))main
(*_!=88?(putchar(*_^073)|putchar(33))&1:0xffff2a8b);}
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by RecursiveS » Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:14 pm
Nice idea.
But not too many restrictions.... after all, it is well recorded that many T-Rex suffocated on sheep that were wet and un-chewable.....
But not too many restrictions.... after all, it is well recorded that many T-Rex suffocated on sheep that were wet and un-chewable.....
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by Corsix » Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:36 pm
RecursiveS wrote:Nice idea.
But not too many restrictions.... after all, it is well recorded that many T-Rex suffocated on sheep that were wet and un-chewable.....
That's the beauty of it - after say 'round 1', people can update their code and I can update the core 'game' code depending on what happened.
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#include <stdio.h>
char*_="XxTIHRCXCxTIHRXRCxTIHXHRCxTIXIHRCxTXTIHRCxXxTIHRCX";
int main(int l){for(l+=7;l!=putchar(010);++l);if(*(++_))main
(*_!=88?(putchar(*_^073)|putchar(33))&1:0xffff2a8b);}
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by leas5040 » Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:47 pm
Great idea, especially if it comes to fruition. 
"Given enough time, man can do anything with a bit of string and some Tinker toys." Bruce Bolden, Senior Instructor at the University of Idaho.
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by Corsix » Thu Aug 19, 2004 3:20 pm
That is a good question - the answer (unless a team of people want to help me) is probably noRoboticguy2 wrote:I like it, it sounds like the hardest part might be the graphics though. Wait-will there be graphics?
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#include <stdio.h>
char*_="XxTIHRCXCxTIHRXRCxTIHXHRCxTIXIHRCxTXTIHRCxXxTIHRCX";
int main(int l){for(l+=7;l!=putchar(010);++l);if(*(++_))main
(*_!=88?(putchar(*_^073)|putchar(33))&1:0xffff2a8b);}
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by RecursiveS » Thu Aug 19, 2004 3:38 pm
Corsix wrote:RecursiveS wrote:Nice idea.
But not too many restrictions.... after all, it is well recorded that many T-Rex suffocated on sheep that were wet and un-chewable.....
That's the beauty of it - after say 'round 1', people can update their code and I can update the core 'game' code depending on what happened.
Or the program can do it for you....
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