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MIT Video Game Programming Competition in Java

Posted by Hemos on 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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  1. Re:TV Show by DingerX · · Score: 2, Informative

    sounds like that programming game.

  2. Re:I wish i went to MIT by thefirelane · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And MIT prize funds of $13,000, i think i want to be sick.

    How much does tuition cost you over there in the UK?

  3. Re:I wish i went to MIT by ferr0x · · Score: 2, Funny

    My college also did a tournament type thing using alpha beta AI with 3D (4x4) tic-tac-toe. the prize for the winner was an A+ on the final. screw money.

  4. Robocode by Tr0mBoNe- · · 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.

    --
    while(1) { fork(); };
  5. Bytecode Clock by dolmen.fr · · Score: 2, Interesting

    One particular feature of the game rules is that time is measured by counting executed bytecodes. So we can expect that contestants will aim to produce very efficient code.

    Do you know any Java compiler benchmark that compares generated bytecode?