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Re:Show HN: I added autopilot to the lunar lander game by mft_ on Friday March 10, 2023 @05:26AM (#35092682)
Which points to a lovely idea - the game becomes writing competitive lander algorithms. Just need a bit of JSFiddle adding...
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Re:Show HN: I added autopilot to the lunar lander game by santiagobasulto on Friday March 10, 2023 @05:47AM (#35092827)
That'd be very fun indeed!
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Re:Show HN: I added autopilot to the lunar lander game by someweirdperson on Friday March 10, 2023 @06:47AM (#35093223)
Maybe not for long, because for a given set of constraints to optimze for, there's probably a solution for which it can be proven to be optimal. At that point there's no more contest.
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Re:Show HN: I added autopilot to the lunar lander game by TheMaskedCoder on Friday March 10, 2023 @10:31AM (#35095597)
Obviously next you switch up the game to do things besides lunar landing. Have it be a take off ascent simulator for example. After a few years we can have an entire space mission programmed by gamers...
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Re:Show HN: I added autopilot to the lunar lander game by simonh on Friday March 10, 2023 @12:07PM (#35097327)
People have released very sophisticated autopilots for KSP. The game can practically play itself.
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