Game Idea: RoboRally

[delt0r]

No its not. You clearly don't understand the method. It is used in many games. Perhaps the most famous and successful is chess. It works just as well with "simultaneous turns", but with a higher branching ratio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimax

[Karlimero]

[delt0r]

Every action results in a game state that can be given a value. Good or bad. That is all you need. No matrix. What is the matrix for check mate?

Anyway...

Delt0r out

[Karlimero]

[Karlimero]

Next point:
Lets say bombs are limited. WHEN should you throw it? Already a 2 player game should be a challenge for this question as you cant see the game in 200 steps. I doubt you can solve this question with a min/max-solution in a 10-player game.

Next point:
Movement. How many number of end-positions do you have with 6 possible movememts in 5 steps? I guess 1000, 2000, or more? And with 10 players? Can you handle this in a tree? Furthermore there are little really nonsense positions in robo-rally you can easily ignore.

[dabino]

[GarySWest]