This project is so close of interesting end, here is one example:
This is very playable version of Planet Wars (for humans):
http://www.flashecke.de/starconquest_sp.html
If we will adapt bots to this logic or similar one.... (not much work)
Add to this ELO ranking
Include map generator and possibility of playing:
human vs human (selected based on ranking)
human vs random bot (selected based on ranking)
And you will have very playable simple game with endless possibilities, which will earn cash to pay for servers on commercial adds.
Bots will have updated ranking similar to players.
I am sharing this idea because I am not a person which steal bots public code included at this forum, so I prefer to ask you all to work together.
Possible income should go to pay for the servers and to organizers for their effort (maybe some rewards for best bots too if we will be able to find some sponsors).
This would be first AI project / game written by enormous number of AI enthusiasts which will let to check human possibilities against best AI algorithms
I really like this idea and it would give me lot of fun to write bot for this purpose and later to play against it and others on-line, but I need to know what do you think about it?