MIT Video Game Programming Competition in Java

Posted by Hemos on Monday January 17, 2005 @01:01AM from the the-joys-of-battle dept.

A reader writes:"252 MIT students are spending the month of January writing Java programs to control virtual robots in a videogame environment called Robocraft. These virtual robots will battle each other for cash prizes in a tournament to see who can write the best Robocraft player. The competition is being sponsored by top tech companies including Bank of America, Electronic Arts, BBN, Schlumberger, Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Oracle. Only MIT students are eligible to compete, but anyone can read the specs, download the software, and program their own virtual robot using the Robocraft API."

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Re:TV Show by DingerX · 2005-01-17 01:35 · Score: 2, Informative

sounds like that programming game.
Robocode by Tr0mBoNe- · 2005-01-17 02:20 · Score: 3, Informative

this sounds like Robocode from IBM, http://www.robocode.net has a large following. We used this in my 1st year as a programming project. My friend's was powerful... it would learn you and never loose.

it's not hard to do. There is a set API, and everything is there. It's like lego,... which makes it fun too.

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