Google AI Challenge 2011 is already available in the Beta-version.
If last year the bots competed in a game called Planet Wars , then this year the game will be called Ants or Ants. The inconclusive rules and description of the game are already available on the contest website: beta.aichallenge.org .
The participants of the competition will have to implement an algorithm that will lead the ant colony. On a symmetrical map consisting of land and water (obstacles), each bot will be allocated one or more anthills - the places where new ants are born. The goal of the game is to capture and destroy the ant-enemies of the enemies while preserving and protecting their own. For the destruction of foreign anthills are added points, and for the surrender of his points are deducted.
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Of the important features of the rules, it is worth noting that
The prediction of which of the ants will survive in the battle with the enemy, and which will die, is not entirely trivial, and a whole page of explanations with examples is devoted to this. The bottom line, however, is that your ant will die if at least one of the enemy ants within reach is surrounded by fewer enemies than your particular ant.
Video illustrating the battle of several opponents on a single map. White is the earth, dark blue is water, gray is food, and the other multicolored dots are the ants of the participants.
The organizers promise that 23 languages will be available for writing bots. However, at the moment the source code on C, Groovy and Haskell are not yet ready.
The participants of the competition will have to implement an algorithm that will lead the ant colony. On a symmetrical map consisting of land and water (obstacles), each bot will be allocated one or more anthills - the places where new ants are born. The goal of the game is to capture and destroy the ant-enemies of the enemies while preserving and protecting their own. For the destruction of foreign anthills are added points, and for the surrender of his points are deducted.
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Of the important features of the rules, it is worth noting that
- the game is turn-based
- food appears in random, but symmetrical places, and each time you eat food in one of your anthills, a new ant is born.
- Ants have limited vision, that is, you do not have complete information about the map.
- Ants can fight against opponents, conquer and die.
The prediction of which of the ants will survive in the battle with the enemy, and which will die, is not entirely trivial, and a whole page of explanations with examples is devoted to this. The bottom line, however, is that your ant will die if at least one of the enemy ants within reach is surrounded by fewer enemies than your particular ant.
Video illustrating the battle of several opponents on a single map. White is the earth, dark blue is water, gray is food, and the other multicolored dots are the ants of the participants.
The organizers promise that 23 languages will be available for writing bots. However, at the moment the source code on C, Groovy and Haskell are not yet ready.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/130457/
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