Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:23 pm
Anyone remember this game? There was a puzzle in it which was the first incarnation of the classic game Ataxx/Infection. The AI used to kick the shyte out of me & both my brothers no matter how many times we played. It wasn't even close. It was exceedingly brutal.
Anyhow, found an AI on the web that's rumoured to be able to be the game's brutal AI. The algorithm that beats it? Fucking two-move deep minimax. Any stories I've read about players genuinely beating the puzzle involve a few hours of gameplay. I always wondered what the fuck the brutal AI code actually looked like. Kind of surprised a vanilla solution beats it.
Anyhow, found an AI on the web that's rumoured to be able to be the game's brutal AI. The algorithm that beats it? Fucking two-move deep minimax. Any stories I've read about players genuinely beating the puzzle involve a few hours of gameplay. I always wondered what the fuck the brutal AI code actually looked like. Kind of surprised a vanilla solution beats it.