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GameDev: Arena

Kevin Hawkins · 2004-02-04T09:24:37

Our next contest is quickly approaching its start date, but before we actually kick this one off, we're going to let you review the rules and give us feedback in case there is anything we may have missed or needs to be explained in better detail. The next contest is called "GameDev: Arena". The idea will be to develop a bot AI to fight in deathmatch battles against other bots. The last bot standing at the end of the double elimination tournament is the winner. Bots will be programmed in C++ using a predefined bot template provided to you by GameDev.net through a "bot generator". Bots are compiled as DLL's, which are loaded and executed by the GameDev: Arena core executable. The interface specifics will be available at the start of the contest. Please note that we anticipate this to be a difficult contest. Entrants will probably not be able to program their bot AI using "traditional" AI techniques. Please review the rules at http://www.gamedev.net/community/contest/gdarena/ and post any feedback you have here. Do not email us. We will not reply to any emails about the contest. Kevin "Khawk" Hawkins CEO and News Director, GameDev.netSoftware Engineer, Raydon CorporationAuthor, OpenGL Game Programming Contributing author, Game Development: Tricks of the Trade , "Using the UML in Game Development" Developer Diary

GameDev: Arena Contests

Started by khawk July 06, 2003 03:39 PM

538 comments, last by khawk 20 years, 5 months ago

khawk

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July 14, 2003 08:22 AM

quote: Original post by Anonymous Poster
bobby bot crashes the arena as soon as he throws a grenade. other than that, no problems here on 2 different setups.

no offense khawk, but those have to be 2 of the most stupid bots i have ever seen. lol. keven especially has a habit of throwing useless grenades that do nothing but blow up at his feet as he continues to try and run through a tree yelling "I see him! I see him!" hahahah. thanks for the laugh. i hope it was intentional. if not, my apologies.

I''ll have to check into the bobby bot. He shouldn''t do much. And yes, I said several times that my test bots were not very bright.

However, they did serve their purpose.

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khawk

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July 14, 2003 08:24 AM

quote: Original post by UfoZ
Comments on the demo:

After time was up, the bot with LESS health won.

Kevin walked right through the rocks -- is that allowed, or a bug?

Thanks, I''ll check into that. Must be a "<" instead of a ">".

Several people have told me about the rocks issue, which is very strange because I never saw it. I saw the bots walk through the rocks partially, but never completely. It''s added to the list of things to fix.

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liquidAir

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July 14, 2003 09:37 AM

I downloaded the demo but it doesn''t work on my crappy system...
PIII 500MHz, 192MB RAM, Win98 SE, er... integrated video 4MB

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BlackEye

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July 14, 2003 09:54 AM

Just a tip guys, The exe doesnt terminate on close properly.
So ctrl-alt-delete and kill the process in there, its called 4E4.

khawk

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July 14, 2003 09:57 AM

quote: Original post by liquidAir
I downloaded the demo but it doesn''t work on my crappy system...
PIII 500MHz, 192MB RAM, Win98 SE, er... integrated video 4MB

Doesn''t work as in crashes? runs choppy? doesn''t do anything?

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etaylor27

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July 14, 2003 10:02 AM

I know you said that the bots aren''t so bright, so I''m not sure if this is even an issue.

Are they aware of the grenades that have been thrown that are in their FOV? It seems as though they always just walk into their own, but I didn''t know if that was an AI issue or the way it just is.

--"The greatest pleasure in life is in doing what people say you cannot do." -- Walter Bageholt

khawk

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July 14, 2003 10:06 AM

quote: Original post by etaylor27
I know you said that the bots aren''t so bright, so I''m not sure if this is even an issue.

Are they aware of the grenades that have been thrown that are in their FOV? It seems as though they always just walk into their own, but I didn''t know if that was an AI issue or the way it just is.

They can see the grenades (actually, they''re "Molotov cocktails"), but they don''t do anything in response to them.

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liquidAir

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July 14, 2003 10:07 AM

quote: Original post by Khawk
quote: Original post by liquidAir
I downloaded the demo but it doesn''t work on my crappy system...
PIII 500MHz, 192MB RAM, Win98 SE, er... integrated video 4MB

Doesn''t work as in crashes? runs choppy? doesn''t do anything?

Doesn''t crash. Once it loads, it''s kinda like slow. It just shows a white screen with the status and menu bars, nothing else. Doesn''t handle mouse events immediately. When I click on the menu, takes like 5 to 10 seconds to come up.

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khawk

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July 14, 2003 10:27 AM

quote: Original post by liquidAir
quote: Original post by Khawk
quote: Original post by liquidAir
I downloaded the demo but it doesn''t work on my crappy system...
PIII 500MHz, 192MB RAM, Win98 SE, er... integrated video 4MB

Doesn''t work as in crashes? runs choppy? doesn''t do anything?

Doesn''t crash. Once it loads, it''s kinda like slow. It just shows a white screen with the status and menu bars, nothing else. Doesn''t handle mouse events immediately. When I click on the menu, takes like 5 to 10 seconds to come up.

I guess we found the minimum specs.. it requires a decent video card. If this becomes an issue, maybe I can create a simple 2D version.

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liquidAir

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July 14, 2003 10:32 AM

quote: Original post by Khawk
quote: Original post by liquidAir
quote: Original post by Khawk
quote: Original post by liquidAir
I downloaded the demo but it doesn't work on my crappy system...
PIII 500MHz, 192MB RAM, Win98 SE, er... integrated video 4MB

Doesn't work as in crashes? runs choppy? doesn't do anything?

Doesn't crash. Once it loads, it's kinda like slow. It just shows a white screen with the status and menu bars, nothing else. Doesn't handle mouse events immediately. When I click on the menu, takes like 5 to 10 seconds to come up.

I guess we found the minimum specs.. it requires a decent video card. If this becomes an issue, maybe I can create a simple 2D version.