mfahadi/simpletronbot

SimpleTronBot is a simple Tron Bot that competed in the 2010 AI challenge organised by the University of Waterloo

SimpleTronBot

SimpleTronBot is a simple Tron Bot. It competed in the 2010 AI challenge organised by the University of Waterloo and sponsored by Google. Is is based on the classic MiniMax algorithm. A writeup of the bot strategy is available here.

##Usage

Make sure to install Java and Python. To pit SimpleTronBot against one of the default bots run the following command:

$ java -jar uwaterloo-aichallenge-utils/engine/Tron.jar <map> <cmd_bot1> <cmd_bot2> [delay-between-turns] [max-move-time] 

# Here is an example between #1: WallHugger and #2: SimpleTronBot 

java -jar uwaterloo-aichallenge-utils/engine/Tron.jar \
          uwaterloo-aichallenge-utils/maps/toronto.txt \
          "java -jar uwaterloo-aichallenge-utils/example_bots/WallHugger.jar" \
          "./SimpleTronBot.py" \
          0

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Player Two Wins!

##License

The files under uwaterloo-aichallenge-utils and tron.py were provided by the University of Waterloo Computer Science Club as a starting package for the competition. You should contact Waterloo Computer Science Club if you want to reuse them.

The SimpleTronBot source code in SimpleTronBot.py is covered by the MIT License.

Copyright (C) 2010-2013 Pablo Oliveira

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