Pacman of war 2021

Pᗣᗧ•••MᗣN clone made with Javascript and HTML, weaponized for CodeWar 2021

🍒🍓🍊🍎🍈👾🔔🔑

How to run:

• run ./static-server (.exe in windows)
• open the browser to http://localhost:3000 No Installation required (not even NodeJS)

using different ports:

• ./static-server -p 54321

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Rulez:

• Bot code should be completely in JS, no Python/C# allowed (Vanilla JS npm modules are ok, including TensorflowJS)
• No hacking the game framework, trying to monkeypatch or otherwise change the game engine is not allowed
• A Bot should have adequate performance, it should not take up more than a few milliseconds to perform a decision.
• A Full board map is provided below, use it to avoid the walls.
• Have Fun!

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Registration & Submission:

Registration:

• On registeration please provide a team name, and a member list
• Teams can consist of 1-6 people but 2-4 is recommended (+not every member has to code, QA & Strategy members can be included as well)
• Registration dates will be advertised on competition announcement

Submission:

• Each team will submit two Bot procedures (a pacbot and a ghostbot), you are welcome to challenge yourself to a duel, or have friendly competitions to improve your bot abilities. Sample bots can be found in the ./bots directory
• A team Icon should be chosen to be displayed on screen - this can be chosen from the existing images in the repo, or a custom image can be submitted in jpeg and png formats. If no icon is chosen one would be assigned to you at random.

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Gameplay:

• The groups should submit the bots (both ghost and pacman) a week before the tournament.
• The tournament structure & each group’s positioning will be determined randomly and published

Preperation:

The tournament-master of the region will:

• Collect bots from all teams
• Collect any custom Team Icons from teams
• Build the list of bots
• Code review the bots
• Conduct a dry run to check for abnormal game behavior or cheats

The tournament:

• The tournament will have 2 stages: Regionals and Final, The Regionals will be conducted locally, and winners will continue to participate in the Final stage.
• On the day of the event tournament-master will run the competition on his machine or a dedicated machine while live streaming.

1x1 Matches:

Each X vs Y match will consist of 3 rounds (lives) in each role (6 rounds in total):

• Each round will run until Pacman dies or the time is up
• Each round will record Pacman’s points and the ghosts catch time (if they catch Pacman)
• Best out of 3 wins the match, (points are recorded manually for later)
• The roles are Reversed after 3 rounds (Y becomes pacman instead of X)
• If there is a win for each bot, pacman scores will decide the outcome
• At the end there is a Tournament Winner, Best Ghosts & Best Pacman that are chosen according to points/times

Tips:

• Randomized bot choices are encouraged to produce interesting patterns
• Game parameters like round runtime and capsule effect length may be adjusted before the final competition

Scores:

• The Pacman score is the points he earns from munching on dots
• The Ghosts score is the time left on the clock when they catch pacman
• The game server logs the total score for the whole match
• Pacman and Ghost scores are not comaprable, so the only comparisons done will be P<=>P or G<=>G
• Scores are meant as tie breakers and for Ghost/Pacman leader boards

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BoardMap:

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    ['XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'],
    ['XooooooooooooXXooooooooooooX'],
    ['XoXXXXoXXXXXoXXoXXXXXoXXXXoX'],
    ['XOXXXXoXXXXXoXXoXXXXXoXXXXOX'],
    ['XoXXXXoXXXXXoXXoXXXXXoXXXXoX'],
    ['XooooooooooooooooooooooooooX'],
    ['XoXXXXoXXoXXXXXXXXoXXoXXXXoX'],
    ['XoXXXXoXXoXXXXXXXXoXXoXXXXoX'],
    ['XooooooXXooooXXooooXXooooooX'],
    ['XXXXXXoXXXXX XX XXXXXoXXXXXX'],
    ['XXXXXXoXXXXX XX XXXXXoXXXXXX'],
    ['XXXXXXoXX          XXoXXXXXX'],
    ['XXXXXXoXX XXXXXXXX XXoXXXXXX'],
    ['XXXXXXoXX X      X XXoXXXXXX'],
    ['      o   X      X   o      '],
    ['XXXXXXoXX X      X XXoXXXXXX'],
    ['XXXXXXoXX XXXXXXXX XXoXXXXXX'],
    ['XXXXXXoXX          XXoXXXXXX'],
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    ['XooooooooooooXXooooooooooooX'],
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    ['XoXXXXoXXXXXoXXoXXXXXoXXXXoX'],
    ['XOooXXooooooo  oooooooXXooOX'],
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    ['XooooooXXooooXXooooXXooooooX'],
    ['XoXXXXXXXXXXoXXoXXXXXXXXXXoX'],
    ['XoXXXXXXXXXXoXXoXXXXXXXXXXoX'],
    ['XooooooooooooooooooooooooooX'],
    ['XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'],
];

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Links:

Interested in the original ghost AI? read this:

• https://gameinternals.com/understanding-pac-man-ghost-behavior
• https://dev.to/code2bits/pac-man-patterns--ghost-movement-strategy-pattern-1k1a

Original PacManJS code: https://github.com/bward2/pacman-js