IIC2613-pacman

Java project to develop AI for pacman. The project was used for the project held on pacman-vs-ghosts.net, but is currently unavailable.

Import

Eclipse can import this existing project using the git import dialog.

Working

Visit the only 3 tasks (Eclipse>Window>Show View>Tasks). All should be clear from there.

Any modification outside your Controllers is not allowed directly, but may be proposed on a pull request.

Ideas

Any source for ideas and code must be published here. Pull requests are encouraged.

• understanding-pac-man-ghost-behavior
• Ms PacMan with MonteCarlo simulation
• ICE Pambush 4

Rules

The Contest differs on the usual settings with the following changes:

• The contest will be run at the default DELAY of 40ms and also on 400ms.
• Only the first map will be played. Easing the offline computations.
• Ghosts are allowed to choose any direction, including backwards. This will require reviewing existing solutions.
• Time and memory limits for Controllers are increased to 30s and 1GB to exploit better the current hardware.
• File and Network IO is forbidden.
• Controllers code should each be under 1MB.

Additional rules:

• Extra information MUST be added to the Ideas section and made available through a pull request. Not complying with this will result in disqualification.
• Modifications outside pacman.entries must be made through a pull request.
• No now features will be reviewed 3 days before the deadline, only fixes up to 2 days after the deadline.