Gold Collectors KoTH(s)

Redwolf Programs

20:01

@N.P. Use setInterval() to repeatedly run

Ramillies

@Night2, a good catch, I tried to find the issue too, but this didn't occur to me at all.

Looks like if you want to do a KotH in JavaScript, then you really have to make sure that you have the scoping right.

Redwolf Programs

Okay, let me change that and add the event log

Night2

@RedwolfPrograms you need to also add that after the filter function

@RedwolfPrograms so both second and third parameters of b.run(...) should be passed thru that

It will be JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(botSet.filter(........)) and JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(coinLocations))

Redwolf Programs

Got it.

Let me work on the event log.

N. P.

20:16

Oh, when I said that I meant I was going to work on one!

You're free to do it though :P

Ramillies

Why I started making one as well then? ...

Redwolf Programs

My event log will beat ALL of yours!

Ramillies

Probably :—D.

N. P.

KoTH Event Log

make a bot that makes the best event log

Interestingly, the performance of drunk seems inversely related to the performance of blindly

Similar to the relationship between TBT and PV

Ramillies

PV now seems to be beating TBT regularly, but it has some problems with Drunk...

Redwolf Programs

20:25

Should I make an Easter Egg where Polite Near-Sighted Drunk slurs its speech in the event log? (This is a joke, I'm not going to do it)

Ramillies

(by the way, I feel a little bit inferior because PV's logic is only ~ 1/4 of logic of some street drunkard...)

(at least when measured by code size)

N. P.

I'm not a code golfer, don't worry :P

Redwolf Programs

Should the event log log when bots move?

Wait, no

N. P.

I wouldn't, lol

Redwolf Programs

That would be a long log

Night2

20:32

This game now has a few top bots and the result usually is about who gets more luck with coins on start

The one that gets stronger first, usually wins the game

N. P.

I found a way to make drunk-bot get sober faster >:)

Night2

Because on 1:1 races to same coin, the one with more points is the winner

Ramillies

Yeah, the other will run away.

Potentionally Victorious got another update.

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A: Gold Collector KoTH

Potentially Victorious | JavaScript function (me, others, coins) { function U(x, y) { function distance(X, Y) { return Math.abs(X-x) + Math.abs(Y-y); } function gravitation(k, X, Y) { return - k / ( distance(X, Y) + .2 ); } function exponential(k, q, X, Y) { return - 5*k * ...

Redwolf Programs

Maybe "Potentially Victorius" should be renamed "Victorius, and if not, make more adjustments"

Ramillies

21:01

This is only the second adjustment! That's not so bad I think.

N. P.

I'm getting an error with PV, @Ramillies

Ramillies

Where?

N. P.

Oh, sorry, it was the end of the dictionary

Ramillies

Whew.

I was sort of afraid of having to track down some mysterious bug.

By the way, I finished the event log.

N. P.

Just a syntax error, my bad!

Ramillies

21:04

That's perfectly OK, I'm glad it wasn't anything more serious :--).

Redwolf Programs

Finished Event Logging Auto-Starting FPS-Modifiable Graphic Output System!

Ramillies

Obviously, you beat me in the marketing! :—)

(By the way, I love how the controller is turning into a community-made spaghetti.)

Redwolf Programs

LOL...Livin' on the Edge ate Not So Blindly...brilliant pathfinding algorithm vs circle = circle

This is the first time I'm using Polite Near-Sighted Drunk Bot

The best my Chromebook can get with 3 bots is 10fps

Note: Polite Near-Sighted Drunk Bot pollutes the event log with notes about botData updates, so I'm removing that part of the event log.

ATTENTION BOT MAKERS: Hunting is now more profitable! Gain 85% of opponents coins now!

N. P.

D:<

Redwolf Programs

21:19

To encourage faster rounds

N. P.

Well, I guess it's time to make a GuardDogBot then

Redwolf Programs

yup

Ramillies

@RedwolfPrograms: Please edit the post (and ideally add a big bold notice that it has changed), so that the other people know it as well.

Redwolf Programs

Already did (I bolded 85%)

Ramillies

Oh, sorry. Then please remove the sentence "The winning bot will gain 35% of opponents coins (Rounded up)." just before it :—).

Redwolf Programs

21:25

!!!

Ramillies

(or edit it appropriately)

You edited only the sentence that talks about 3 or more bots clashing.

Redwolf Programs

Yeah, that wouldn't have been good

thx

Event logger says Bot Bait Bot tired of this world, and jumped off its edge in turn 2

Ramillies

And my event logger says [10] 3rd Gen Algorithm has fled shamefully., which is something the 3rd Gen was not supposed to do...

(aah, I see it's a long-standing bug)

Redwolf Programs

There're lots of "long standing bugs" that cause bots to "flee shamefully" apparently

Mike Nichols

Looks to me like Third Gen Learning Algorithm doesn't properly check for being on the Southern or Eastern edges of the map.

Ramillies

21:31

Yes, there is an off-by-one error. It's even described in a comment.

Mike Nichols

if (me.locationX < me.arenaLength) options.push('east'); needs to be if (me.locationX < me.arenaLength-1) options.push('east'); I think

Ah, yes, there it is right in the comment.

Ramillies

Yeah, that's exactly the bug.

Redwolf Programs

Argggh, Cain won't fix the distanceTo() error

@Caiin PLEASE FIX IT

Ramillies

He has 5 days to do so, no need to be nervous :—).

Redwolf Programs

He needs to update Bait Bot, it loses often

It always jumps off

Ramillies

21:37

Yeah, he will do it eventually.

Perhaps he isn't so hypnotized by the challenge like we are.

Redwolf Programs

You are getting nerdy...
You are getting nerdy...
When I snap my fingers,
You will build a new bot

Ramillies

By the way, Damacy rocks:

[46] Damacy has eaten BEELINE for 5 coins.
[54] Damacy has eaten Katamari with Values for 8 coins.
[58] Damacy has eaten Drunkard for 4 coins.

(only after that)

[109] Potentially Victorious has eaten Damacy for 21 coins.

N. P.

Oh no

You got me

Quantum Gnat Bot is ready

Redwolf Programs

YAY

Potentially Victorious and Drunk are dancing (:

Ramillies

Dancing?

I had a good "dance" with That Bot ... Aggressive.

I was pursuing him northwards, then we both turned to the south, we went to the south, then we turned to the north etc. For 50 turns (and we would be probably doing that forever).

fəˈnɛtɪk

21:41

Does safety coin just beeline for coins the entire match?

N. P.

No, he usually dies :)

Ramillies

I don't know but I may test it.

However, "just beelining for coins" most often means being eaten.

(I thought that SafetyCoin would just stand on one place until eaten, because with more bots there is no safe coin.)

fəˈnɛtɪk

It only goes for coins if it can't be eaten doing so. That also means that it just stands still otherwise :P

Redwolf Programs

Is safety coin bug free?

fəˈnɛtɪk

I think it should be. The problems most of my bots were having was that I forgot to put Math. in front of abs or other math functions

Ramillies

21:45

It seems to be so.

Sadly, Safety Coin doesn't seem to be too safe:
`[12] Damacy has eaten Safety Coin for 2 coins.`

fəˈnɛtɪk

It doesn't consider the safety of its own location, only the safety of the coins

Redwolf Programs

LOL

Ramillies

... but now it has won a match!

Redwolf Programs

Odd. Let me add Safety Coin to my testing

Ramillies

Safety Coin 112, Potentially Victorious 86, Drunkard 69, That Bot ... 62.

fəˈnɛtɪk

21:49

If it gets coins early it can do well. Otherwise it just stops moving

Ramillies

Yeah. That's what he actually did.

Interestingly, in the next match I beat him, but PV had 96 coins and Safety Coin 93.

So he definitely can do well if he doesn't get eaten along the way. Probably because he has no sense of self-preservation.

fəˈnɛtɪk

As long as safety coin is trying to get coins he can't be eaten. It is when he stops moving that he gets eaten

Ramillies

Yeah.

Redwolf Programs

Safety coin is a funny bot with straightforward (literally) mechanics

fəˈnɛtɪk

I might make it so that he moves in a random safe direction when there is no safe coin

That way it might actually survive until it gets something

Ramillies

21:53

He can do really well if not eaten right at the beginning, and I thought that would happen way more often than it does.

Yes, you can just have him run away randomly.

(however, with Damacy, all bets are off. Damacy eats everything (or dies trying).)

N. P.

This map is starting to get pretty big...

Mike Nichols

My bot is similar to Safety Coin in that it only goes for safe coins, but it has some additional behaviors as well. If there aren't any safe coins it tries to position itself for the next coins to spawn. It also is forbidden from making any move that might result in its death.

N. P.

What's your bot?

Mike Nichols

Big King Little Hill

N. P.

Oooh, I'll add it to my list

Redwolf Programs

21:55

Weighted Motion is causing a syntax error due to an = sign

Because I'm an idiot

And forgot the brackets around the function

N. P.

@MikeNichols Big King Little Hill seems to stop next to coins

Mike Nichols

Oh no

N. P.

Runs right up next to them then sits there

I can post a gif in a minute

Mike Nichols

haha I will investigate

N. P.

Seems like an off-by-one error

Also, he keeps getting eaten by TBTAIWHDWA

Mike Nichols

21:59

Oh, I see the bug I think. I had actually fixed it in a version but must have somehow reverted.

Redwolf Programs

Can someone find a problem with this code?

//Controller for Gold Collector KoTH by RedwolfPrograms, tested and (mostly) functional
//
//Use botSetup() to prepare, and runBots() to run one move.

var botData =
[
{
name: "Livin' on the Edge",
run: function(myself, others, coins) {
x = myself.locationX;
y = myself.locationY;
xymax = myself.arenaLength - 1;
if (x < xymax && y == 0) {
return 'east';
} else if (y < xymax && x == xymax) {
return 'south';
} else if (x > 0 && y == xymax) {
return 'west';
} else {
return 'north';
}
}
}, {
name: "Not So Blindly",

N. P.

Uh

Redwolf Programs

It says Unexpected Token ]

N. P.

Okay, thank you

Mike Nichols

@N.P. I've edited my post with updated code that I think solves that problem. Mind testing it again for me?

N. P.

22:12

This time he dive bombed off the edge after getting a coin

Mike Nichols

OK thanks, I'll look into it

Redwolf Programs

Safety coin had more coins than anyone else in this round

N. P.

Nice bot, redwolf

Your data storage part doesn't work, though

Adding botNotes. fixes it

Redwolf Programs

Does coin magnet have any bugs?

N. P.

Not that I'm aware of

Firebird is having issues turning around, it seems...

Redwolf Programs

22:18

Oh yeah

N. P.

.storeData("center"); doesn't include "pos"

Redwolf Programs

How does wild goose chase do?

N. P.

Wild Goose Chase will never win, it just avoids losing

Redwolf Programs

Oh

Any bugs (Sorry, I'm a bit repetitive)

N. P.

Nah

I'm debugging quantum gnat, but I'll have it posted soon

Redwolf Programs

22:21

I hate buggy bots, they cause quite a few little issues

No offense, half the bots on here (:

N. P.

I've been putting them in one at a time so I can detect what the errors are

Redwolf Programs

That's what I do, but they still annoy me

N. P.

Your bot was buggy too :P

Redwolf Programs

I'm gonna make KatamariWithVowels

And KatamariWithCalimari

WIld Goose Chase gets iignored

Thebots are smart enough to avoid him

Does the AntiCapitalist cause bugs?

N. P.

22:38

Not on my end

Mike Nichols

OK @N.P. this time I think it's good.

Redwolf Programs

Mine neither. I'm working on a bot called "Goose.Armageddon"

N. P.

QUANTUM GNAT IS COMPLETE

Redwolf Programs

YES

Beta Decay

Since it’s JavaScript and all, how hard would it be to put the controller on RedwolfPrograms.github.io ?

Or your own personal website

Redwolf Programs

22:42

The [non-updated] controller is on github

Beta Decay

But I mean an HTML page where you can go in, click a button and see it run without having to deal with any code

N. P.

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A: Gold Collector KoTH

Quantum Gnat Bot | JavaScript function quantumGnatBot(me, others, coins) { let quantumCoefficient = .2 let turn = botNotes.getData('turn') botNotes.storeData('turn', turn+1) botNotes.storeData('test', [2, 5, 7]) botNotes.getData('test') let dG = {'none': [0, 0, -2, -2], 'east': [1, 0...

Quantum Gnat Bot has been posted

Redwolf Programs

Well, with my design, you just put one set of code in the console and it sets it up for you

You just do activateCanvas()

with 2 params: fps, and turn count

fəˈnɛtɪk

Modified safety coin to randomly move to a safe location if there is no safe coin.

it can end up swapping locations with other bots

Redwolf Programs

Interesting

Is it bug-free (Not counting the gnat)

N. P.

22:45

Heh

I think there's a bug in SafetyCoin, I'll verify...

@fəˈnɛtɪk I'm getting an issue with the line that calls distance(x,y,others[i])

It's nice now that we have more than 2 bots that survive

Redwolf Programs

Is Big King Little Hill bugless?

fəˈnɛtɪk

Literally forgot to add the line which defined the function :P

fixed it by hardcoding the function into that

N. P.

Little King is working fine on my end

Redwolf Programs

OK

N. P.

As is Safety Coin

Redwolf Programs

22:54

The Big Four:

1. Drunk

2. Potentially Victorious

3. TBTPTGCBCBA

4. Big King Little Hill

5. Safety Coin

Ramillies

Four?

N. P.

He's #1 ;)

I changed the display on mine so that the top scorer(s) get a green halo

Ramillies

I write out the rankings, and the first three get a special color :--).

(Which shows the best that I don't have anything serious to do.)

Redwolf Programs

I have 18 bots so far

N. P.

I'm seeing 21

Wait, 20, one isn't published yet

Redwolf Programs

23:02

Now, 19

There are 26 answers

Mike Nichols

@RedwolfPrograms Big King seems to be working in N.P.'s test but I'd like to do more independent testing before I declare it truly "bugless". I'll let you know.

Redwolf Programs

I need B33-L1N3, there are 3 python/haskell bots. This leaves 3 more

Mike Nichols

@N.P. By the way, thanks for the help debugging.

Redwolf Programs

@MikeNichols No, it's bugless

N. P.

It compiles

Redwolf Programs

23:04

I checked extensively

N. P.

It is not bugless, I think

Mike Nichols

Ah, ok, if that's all you meant then yes.

N. P.

It doesn't look like it is behaving as intended

Mike Nichols

Is it getting eaten N.P.? It should be very unlikely to be eaten unless it is surrounded by other bots.

Redwolf Programs

FIREBIRD LIVES!

fəˈnɛtɪk

23:06

It should be pretty hard for safety coin to be eaten now.

If there is a bot which can eat it 2 squares away it doesn't go in that direction and if there is one immediately next to it it either moves away or tries to swap positions

Redwolf Programs

Unexpected token [

No, {

I wonder: what does 20 safety coins look like?

What does 20 Potentially Victorius look like???

fəˈnɛtɪk

20 safety coins will probably have a bunch of random walks while a few head straight for coins

Redwolf Programs

Yeah, 20 Big King Little Kills would be fun to see

fəˈnɛtɪk

20 protons would probably one of the most interesting to watch

probably be*

Ramillies

20 safety coins? 5 go for their coins and 15 watch them.

Redwolf Programs

23:12

True

fəˈnɛtɪk

Safety coin does a safe random walk now when there is no safe coin

Ramillies

20 Potentially Victoriouses? ... I have no idea, but probably something quite similar.

Redwolf Programs

Yeah. 20 BKLH is what I'm doing

No, 20 protons

N. P.

SafetyCoin and BigKing are working pretty well right now

Uploading a gif of my last run for the day

Redwolf Programs

No Proton bugs, right?

N. P.

23:13

Proton didn't run for me

Redwolf Programs

For me it works, but it gets into loops

@fəˈnɛtɪk Please remove the console.log

Ramillies

Safe random walk of Safety Coin ended badly on my first try:
[24] Katamari with Values has eaten Safety Coin for 2 coins.

N. P.

3

My last gif for the day (probably)

Changed the halo to black for contrast

Redwolf Programs

I'll show a screenshot of what my screen looks like

N. P.

(The small white bot is the gnat, btw)

I wonder how different this would be if it allowed diagonal movement

And not moving through enemies

Mike Nichols

23:18

@N.P. That's awesome. Thanks for the gif! Big King Little Hill seems to be performing as expected.

N. P.

And floating point positions...

Oh, thanks!

fəˈnɛtɪk

I just realized that as points get higher, the bots which hunt seem to stop increasing as fast because they value other bots more than coins

Also safety coin seems to stick to the edges for the most part

N. P.

Yeah, coins are the best way to go

Ramillies

@N.P. How are you making those gifs?

N. P.

ScreenToGif

I searched "record screen to gif" and found a product I liked

Ramillies

23:21

Hmm, I see.

So it will be ffmpeg for me I guess :).

fəˈnɛtɪk

The hunting bots take over the game early on though and safety coin doesnt seem to be able to catch up

Redwolf Programs

20 protons = boring

Ramillies

It catches up quite well I think.

N. P.

What are the latest numbers for victories out of 10,000 games?

fəˈnɛtɪk

Does katamari w/ values have a chance of non motion when hunting?

Redwolf Programs

23:23

Okay, gtg

fəˈnɛtɪk

Because if it does that is how the safe random walk killed safety coin

Also what bot is the black one. I can't read the name

Ramillies

It certainly can stop.

I don't know if it stops "outside the hunting mode" only, or if it can stop while hunting too.

fəˈnɛtɪk

My safe random walk only considers bots that are exactly 2 distance away to be threats :P

This is required though otherwise it safety coin will corner itself running away from the hunter

fəˈnɛtɪk

23:41

Swapping locations with a threat allows safety coin to see new coins as safe to get

Redwolf Programs

I hit about 100fps on the graphic program with log

I can do 1000 turns in 10s

Without graphics and log, probably twice as good

The way I see it, BKLH is getting ready for 100 reputation

2 minutes for 20k, with graphics

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