{"author_link":"\/users\/davision","author_name":"davision","author_uid":"davision","comments":[],"epoch":1493673865,"event":"LD38","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":29589,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"92359","p_author":"davision","p_authorkey":"1001658","p_urlkey":"305277","p_title":"Now with AI!","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD38","p_time":"1493673865","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1001658","us_name":"davision","us_username":"davision","event_start":"1492732800","event_key":"69","event_name":"LD 38"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD38","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9405,"_trust":7,"author":1658,"body":"I finally finished a AI for my game Dots In Space...! The game has a lot of resemblance to the Worms games but it is in space and gravity of planets and the sun are affecting projectiles.\n\nThe idea for the AI  was pretty simple, it should not calculate the shots and instead shot and then adjust based on where it flies to.\n\n![uiouiouioGIF.gif](\/\/\/raw\/a76\/z\/36ad.gif)\n\n\n\nTurns out that is much harder then it sounds, while I tried to get AI sane it almost drove me insane. It is now pretty complex and even has basic memory. \n\nThere are now 3 difficulties you can choose for the AI, it is default on with Normal difficulty and will shoot as soon as you take your first shot like a real gentleman. You can simply switch if off in the menu for local multiplayer.\n\nNew are also a option for indestructible other planets and the option that planets rotate around the sun in both directions.\n\nHere is the download: https:\/\/tocogames.itch.io\/dots-in-space\n\nHere the jam page: https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/dots-in-space","comments":0,"created":"2017-05-01T20:28:39Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":29589,"love":1,"love-timestamp":"2017-05-01T22:25:33Z","meta":[],"modified":"2017-05-01T23:32:38Z","name":"Now with AI!","node-timestamp":"2017-05-01T23:32:38Z","parent":27391,"parents":[1,5,9,9405,27391],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/dots-in-space\/now-with-ai","published":"2017-05-01T21:24:25Z","scope":"public","slug":"now-with-ai","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":75624},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"29589","n_urlkey":"305277","n_parent":"27391","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/dots-in-space\/now-with-ai","n_slug":"now-with-ai","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"1658","n_created":"1493670519","n_modified":"1493681558","n_version":"75624","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/dots-in-space\/now-with-ai","text":"I finally finished a AI for my game Dots In Space...! The game has a lot of resemblance to the Worms games but it is in space and gravity of planets and the sun are affecting projectiles.\n\nThe idea for the AI  was pretty simple, it should not calculate the shots and instead shot and then adjust based on where it flies to.\n\n![uiouiouioGIF.gif](\/\/\/raw\/a76\/z\/36ad.gif)\n\n\n\nTurns out that is much harder then it sounds, while I tried to get AI sane it almost drove me insane. It is now pretty complex and even has basic memory. \n\nThere are now 3 difficulties you can choose for the AI, it is default on with Normal difficulty and will shoot as soon as you take your first shot like a real gentleman. You can simply switch if off in the menu for local multiplayer.\n\nNew are also a option for indestructible other planets and the option that planets rotate around the sun in both directions.\n\nHere is the download: https:\/\/tocogames.itch.io\/dots-in-space\n\nHere the jam page: https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/dots-in-space","title":"Now with AI!","wayback_source":[]}