Volcanoes

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over 4 years ago

✅ Approved the contribution. Comment: Thumbs up, I like it. I tried some short implementations and like to try it on the arena with other competitors and some AI algorithm.

PSaver Unnamed CodinGamer

over 4 years ago

Very interesting game, thanks for your work !

FDA44 Unnamed CodinGamer

over 4 years ago

✅ Approved the contribution. Comment: Seems like 2021 spring challenge, but with simpler rules : thus more attractive for beginners !

BlackDereker Unnamed CodinGamer

over 4 years ago

Amazing work!

SpaceInvaders Unnamed CodinGamer

over 4 years ago

binding rules !

Trilusion Unnamed CodinGamer

over 4 years ago

✅ Approved the contribution. Comment: Volcanos are cool.

Severogor Unnamed CodinGamer

over 4 years ago

Nice puzzle. Thank you very much, skotz!

AxFab Unnamed CodinGamer

over 4 years ago

Really cool puzzle, looks interesting to resolve!

ajames Unnamed CodinGamer

over 4 years ago

Very cool!

Neodash Unnamed CodinGamer

over 4 years ago

Great work there! The description is very well written and the goal behind it is clear, thank you

CodinBot Unnamed CodinGamer

over 4 years ago

Hey CodinGamer! Your contribution has unfortunately not been moderated on time and will temporarily be removed from the system... But no worries! You can republish it anytime to give it another chance! :)

Butanium Unnamed CodinGamer

over 4 years ago

If I could approved I'd have done it. I thought this game was too hard but actually you can first solve it with heuristic path finding, so not that hard to do a decent AI and pretty fun. I'm going to rewrite my slow python code in ocaml and see if can perform better in the second league !

Astrobytes Unnamed CodinGamer

over 4 years ago

Please bring the contribution back if not approved, it takes time to get approval sometimes - there is nothing wrong with the game :)

skotz Unnamed CodinGamer

over 4 years ago

Thanks

Butanium Unnamed CodinGamer

over 4 years ago

What are the differences between leagues?

skotz Unnamed CodinGamer

over 4 years ago

Stronger bosses.

CoCaiConCa Unnamed CodinGamer

over 4 years ago

dbdr Unnamed CodinGamer

almost 5 years ago

What happens when several volcanoes erupt during the same turn (growth)? At first sight it sounds like the end result might depend on the order in which they erupt (e.g. if they are next to each other).

skotz Unnamed CodinGamer

almost 5 years ago

Eruptions process in two phases. First, anything >= 4 will erupt and store deltas on all of it's neighboring tiles (separate from the actual value of the tile). Next, deltas are added to the values of each tile (with a max of 4). If any tile became a 4 during the second phase, the first phase is repeated again. If this cycles too many times it's considered a draw due to infinite eruptions.

Beany_Svb Unnamed CodinGamer

almost 5 years ago

so cool ! great puzzle.

CodinBot Unnamed CodinGamer

almost 5 years ago

I hope you received enough feedback from the community to improve your contribution. Once you have made the necessary updates, publish your contribution!

darkhorse64 Unnamed CodinGamer

almost 5 years ago

Nice work !! However, I think it's difficult to understand what is going on. I would suggest two improvements: * add the digital turn clock to display the current phase * describe more precisely what are the winning conditions. Honestly, I don't get it at all even when a game is played. I see that the rules are slighty different from the original game (no level 5, no volcano reset). Is that designed to shorten games ?

skotz Unnamed CodinGamer

almost 5 years ago

Thanks for the feedback! I'll look into adding something to indicate the current phase and then work on clarifying the victory conditions in the summary. The rules have changed slightly over time based on feedback. The original rules made it a bit more difficult to keep track of what's happening on the board.

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