10/01/2002
5:45 PM

 

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Frankentosh: Building Robots using Mac OS X
 
   
  • Robocode -- About the game itself
    • The Game
      • The play-board is a plain square board, using an X/Y coordinate system for location - each tick is a pixel
      • Time units are marked off in frames; each tank moves once per frame.
      • On the start of the game, each tank is dropped on the field, and starts it's "run" method
      • Game are usually run for multiple rounds; a round ends when either a single tank (or no tanks!) are left with energy
 
   
Ted Stevko, Stevko Studios http://www.plasticnoodle.com