GOOGLE AI CHALLENGE "PLANET WARS" SUBMISSION
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Overview
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This is the source code of my 2nd place submission for Google AI Challenge which was run 
in the Fall of 2010.  It consists mostly of the starter pack, the submission code and a
script that compiles the submission zip file.  Other tools that I made to prepare this
challenge submission -- PlanetWarrior testing environment and the map extractor 
bookmarklet -- are located in other repositories linked below. 

Before using the repository, be aware that this competition occurred in 2010.  The code, 
tools, links, and other materials may be dead, out of date, or no longer relevant.  I have 
not maintained this repository since the contest submission, and will not maintain it.

Useful Links
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Blog post about the entry:
http://iouri-khramtsov.blogspot.ca/2010/11/google-ai-challenge-planet-wars-entry.html

Contest web page:
http://planetwars.aichallenge.org/

PlanetWarrior testing program:
https://github.com/ikhramts/PlanetWarrior

Map extractor bookmarklet:
https://gist.github.com/ikhramts/670964


Folder Contents
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* planet_wars\ - code for the main submission, together with Visual Studio project file.

* maps\ - maps to test the solution on.

* example_bots\ - several sample bots provided with the starter package.

* tools\ various useful tools, including the tournament program.

* make_submission.bat - a Windows batch script for compiling a submission
.zip file from the planet_wars directory files.

* planet_wars.sln - Visual Studio solution for the main submission.