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over 3 years ago

Hi! I have a problem with this game. Two different naming schemes are used for the rotated shapes. Q01 and Q001. Q01 is the one documented, but Q001 is the one in use. I cannot guess what the extra character means.

trictrac Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

Hello MJS, with blocking, you have to deal with the way of the shape is oriented and the way of the shape is connected when the shape is played. foe the orientation of the shape, you have : -the letter, -0 or 1 for the flip, -0, 1, 2 or 3 for the rotation. with these 3 informations, you have oriented the shape. For playing you need to explain, which part of the oriented shape you put on a well connected (x,y). that's the function of the last number to indicate this information giving the "index" of one of the square inside the shape. x y Q001 -> you are playing Q with no flip and no rotation and connecting square indexed 1 on x y. Sorry if the statement is not clear enough

Illedan Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

Would it be possible to show the shapes available for a player next to them? (Just a string of ABCDEFGHI.. might be sufficient, where you remove the shapes used) Gives a better view of how good the state is.

trictrac Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

Hello Illedan, I will investigate this requirement ASAP.

Illedan Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

Valid moves does not contain every valid move. Given seed: seed=-9170893823512998900 For 3 players and playing as p1 https://www.codingame.com/... I get these valid moves on the first turn: 0 0 B011 0 0 D133 0 0 A001 0 0 C001 0 0 B001 0 0 C011 0 0 D112 0 0 D001 But I can still use: "0 0 Q001"

trictrac Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

Hello Illedan, There is a particular rule for the 3 players games, Players 0 & 1 have access to an open zone so they had to play only the small shapes (A, B, C & D). Player 2 has the ability to play all the shapes (He is far from this open zone). This rule is required for keeping the same level of chance of winning for the 3 players.

jacek Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

✅ Approved the contribution. Comment: Good non-trivial multiplayer game

EricSMSO Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

✅ Approved the contribution. Comment: Sure this game board with simple rules but complex programming will please the community between two challenges.

LeRenard Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

✅ Approved the contribution. Comment: Good classical game. It's both a game of placement and a game of blocking. I hope to see this contribution soon in multi !

Marchete Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

Some random ideas: I think the Referee should make an early game termination, when player positions are decided. I.e. on 2.players when player A has more score than player B and the latter can't move. In 3+ players can be harder to code, but the idea is the same, That saves server CPU time, and matches/submit will be faster. Hypersonic has it, other games too. Poker Chip Race lacks that and it's a PITA to wait, some of us concede the game by crashing the bot, but your Referee ignores crashing inputs. Maybe in that game is irrelevant because it has <40 turns, but it can be a good addition. I think the output stream lacks a bit of information about what happened with the bot. If I do an invalid move I'd like to have some feedback on the output stream, or if I timeout. The referee adds a -1 in the replay window, but it would be nice to have it too on the text output. Edit: Yellow/Green colors are very similar to me. I don't know if colorblind people can have other color-related problems.

Astrobytes Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

Regarding the colours, I have colour-blindness (multiple types) and they seem totally clear to me.

trictrac Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

Boss league 1 is now updated. What about the level ? too weak or too strong ?

EricSMSO Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

Hi Trictrac, Are the rules different in league 2, or is it just a matter of beating the boss? (doesn't mean it is easy!)

trictrac Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

Hello EricSMSO, same rule for league 2 and I will provide a better Boss (allmost the same level than my current bot, enough ?)

darkhorse64 Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

* by installing a maximum of shape on a board -> by placing a maximum of shapes on the board * le top left corner -> the top left corner * The shape potentialy available for each players -> The shapes potentially available to each player * allways -> always * number of player -> number of players (2 times) * begining -> beginning * each player own -> each player owns (3 times) * In his shape set, one players can play each shape only once -> One player can play a shape from his set only once * Shapes before be played can be flipped -> Shapes can be flipped before being played * thru -> through * To give a move a player need to -> To issue a move, a player must * Resulting board -> Resulting boards

trictrac Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

Thanks for all the problems in statement. Statement is now updated

dbdr Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

Does the statement say that each shape can be played only once?

trictrac Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

Thanks for the remark, Statement is now updated.

dbdr Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

Could you link to the referee?

trictrac Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

yes in a few days, after a clean-up phase.

dbdr Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

"Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 on the first line on the second line" -> "Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 on the second line"

trictrac Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

Thank you to point the mistake. Statement is now updated.

trictrac Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

Sorry, I break the backward compatibility of the existing bot in the leaderboard by adding eulerscheZahl idea. Please, update with the new skeleton.

eulerscheZahl Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

I'd like to suggest another input format for the blocks, giving width, height and the shape. E.g. tile T could be: 3 3 ##..##.#. That reduces the overhead to get started with the game. One could still hardcode the list of tiles later if needed.

trictrac Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

Thank you for this idea I will add before the first turn, the description of the 21 shapes : the id (the letter), column size, row size and a string of # and . I will add the rule that # are numbered from left to right of the string and that this string is representing the rows from left to right.

Thyl Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

Genial ! :)

Astrobytes Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

Nice. Looking forward to progression on this. Seems like a good game. Also, nice to see a contribution from you finally trictrac :)

trictrac Unnamed CodinGamer

over 3 years ago

Thank you Astrobytes. I have to work on statement and to make a good boss.

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