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{tag=MIT}
{tag=Gridworld}
{title2=2003-}

* https://github.com/battlecode

TODO quick summary of game rules? Perhaps: https://battlecode.org/assets/files/battlecode-guide-xsquare.pdf

Some mechanics:
* inter agent communication
* compute power is limited by limiting <Java> bytecode count execution per bot per cycle

\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa4CAizd1Nk]
{title=Battlecode Final Tournament 2023}

\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLExWo9Empk]
{title=Introduction to Battlecode by MIT OpenCourseWare (2014)}


Battlecode

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{tag=Apache License}
{tag=Gridworld}
{title2=2020}

* https://github.com/deepmind/lab2d
* https://deepai.org/publication/deepmind-lab2d

<Gridworld> version of <DeepMind Lab>.

<Open sourced> in 2020: https://analyticsindiamag.com/deepmind-just-gave-away-this-ai-environment-simulator-for-free/

A tiny paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2011.07027.pdf

Very similar to <gvgai>, <Julian Togelius> actually called them out on that: <DeepMind Lab2D vs gvgai>.

TODO get running, publish demo videos on YouTube.

\Image[https://web.archive.org/web/20221218211007im_/https://github.com/deepmind/lab2d/raw/main/docs/screenshot.png]
{source=https://github.com/deepmind/lab2d}


DeepMind Lab2D

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{tag=Gridworld}

* https://github.com/google-deepmind/pushworld 2023 Too combinatorial, gripping makes it so much easier to move stuff around in the real world. But cool nonetheless.


Gridworld AI game

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{tag=Gridworld}
{title2=2014-2020}

http://www.gvgai.net (dead as of 2023)

The project kind of died circa 2020 it seems, a shame. Likely they funding ran out. The domain is dead as of 2023, last archive from 2022: https://web.archive.org/web/20220331022932/http://gvgai.net/[]. Marks as funded by <DeepMind>. Researchers really should use university/GitHub domain names!

Similar goals to <Ciro's 2D reinforcement learning games>, but they were focusing mostly on discrete games.

They have some source at: https://github.com/GAIGResearch/GVGAI TODO review

A published book at: https://gaigresearch.github.io/gvgaibook/

From <QMUL Game AI Research Group>:
* Simon M. Lucas: https://gaigresearch.github.io/members/Simon-Lucas[], <principal investigator>
* Diego Perez Liebana https://www.linkedin.com/in/diegoperezliebana/
* Raluca D. Gaina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raluca-gaina-347518114/ from Queen Mary
From other universities:
* <Julian Togelius>
TODO check:
* Ahmed Khalifa
* Jialin Liu


Ciro Santilli @cirosantilli 37

 Tagged: Gridworld