Re:Show HN: Space invaders, but the invaders evolve with gen...
by Someone on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @04:54PM
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”the last invader to be destroyed seems to me to be a result of random choice”
There’s a simple strategy that guarantees you won’t be the first to die: hide behind the back of your biggest buddy.
I think that would be my strategy, plus “if a bullet that’s going to kill your ‘shield’ is on its way, figure out whether you can find a new shield; if not, make a run for it.
The existence of such a strategy shows the result isn’t completely random.
(Of course, there also is a prisoner’s dilemma here: if everybody follows that strategy, the swarm would run away from you, and nobody would gain any fitness)
There’s a simple strategy that guarantees you won’t be the first to die: hide behind the back of your biggest buddy.
I think that would be my strategy, plus “if a bullet that’s going to kill your ‘shield’ is on its way, figure out whether you can find a new shield; if not, make a run for it.
The existence of such a strategy shows the result isn’t completely random.
(Of course, there also is a prisoner’s dilemma here: if everybody follows that strategy, the swarm would run away from you, and nobody would gain any fitness)