Show HN: Space invaders, but the invaders evolve with genetic algorithm

Re:Show HN: Space invaders, but the invaders evolve with gen... by tgirod on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @03:58AM (#18343987)

I agree with you. When I play, the "best" invaders tend to be the easy targets that have drifted to one side of the screen.

Here is a proposal for another fitness score: everytime a bullet is shot, raise the score of every survivor, weighted by the distance between the survivor and the bullet. The closer the bullet the better the fitness.

Intuitively, I think this would select for better dodgers.

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Re:Show HN: Space invaders, but the invaders evolve with gen... by Hei1Fuya on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @08:31AM (#18345082)

But dodging is just a subgoal and margin is not all that relevant. The actual goal is to defeat the player, if dodging by a slim margin happens to be the best strategy then that should not be penalized.

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