http://erik.gdn/slides/all the things i am interested inenhttp://erik.gdn/slides/build_tron_bot/01-01-0001 <h1 id="building-a-tron-bot">building a tron bot</h1> <p>introduction and interactive building session</p> <hr> <h1 id="what-will-we-do">what will we do?</h1> <p><strong>goal</strong>: have a tron bot playing on <a href="https://tron.erik.gdn" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tron.erik.gdn</a></p> <div class="iframe-frame" style="width:1920px; height:960px; margin-top:1em;"> <iframe src="https://tron.erik.gdn" width="1920" height="960" style="width:100%; height:100%;" title="tron.erik.gdn" loading="lazy" allow="fullscreen" ></iframe> </div> <hr> <h1 id="what-we-need">what we need?</h1> <ul> <li>something that can <strong>execute code</strong> (laptop, raspberry pi, phone, etc)</li> <li>a <strong>compiler/interpreter</strong> (i will use python, anything turing complete works)</li> <li>a <strong>internet connection</strong></li> <li>a interest in algorithms helps</li> </ul> <hr> <h1 id="what-will-this-session-look-like">what will this session look like?</h1> <ol> <li>tiny algo tron history</li> <li>connecting to the server</li> <li>a small sample of potentially relevant techniques</li> <li>assisted building session</li> </ol> <hr> <h1 id="1-tiny-algo-tron-history">1. tiny algo tron history</h1> <ul> <li>originally gpn-tron was created at gpn21 by <a href="https://github.com/freehuntx/gpn-tron" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">freehuntx</a> (not me!)</li> <li>at gpn24 a group of people played it -&gt; it became unstable</li> </ul> <hr> <h1 id="gpn-tron--gpn24">gpn-tron @ gpn24</h1> <p>add images from gpn24</p> <hr> <h1 id="1-tiny-algo-tron-history-1">1. tiny algo tron history</h1> <ul> <li>originally gpn-tron was created at gpn21 by <a href="https://github.com/freehuntx/gpn-tron" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">freehuntx</a> (not me!)</li> <li>at gpn24 a group of people played it -&gt; it became unstable</li> <li>i rebuilt a scaleable version with more features -&gt; <a href="https://github.com/erikgoldenstein/algo-tron" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>algo-tron</strong></a></li> <li>permanently hosted on <a href="https://tron.erik.gdn" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tron.erik.gdn</a> with a small playing community</li> </ul> <hr> <h1 id="2-connecting-to-the-server">2. connecting to the server</h1> <hr> <h1 id="3-potentially-relevant-techniques">3. potentially relevant techniques</h1> <hr> <h1 id="4-assisted-building-session">4. assisted building session</h1> <hr>