This repository contains code for an AI bot designed to play Cannon, an abstract strategy board game, designed by @adityanathan and @dwijesh522. It also contains code for a simulator supporting a user interface for Cannon as described here.
Demo - Sample game where the designed bot plays against itself
To execute a sample game where the designed AI bot plays against itself, see the following instructions:
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Install python dependencies from the requirements.txt file (Note: You need Python 2.7 to run the simulator)
python2 -m pip install -r requirements.txt -
Download the chrome driver executable according to your chrome version from here. To check your chrome version in order to download the appropriate chrome driver, follow the steps below:
- Launch Google Chrome.
- Click on the icon in the upper right corner that looks like 3 short bars.
- Select About Google Chrome to display the version number.
- Download the appropriate chrome driver executable
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Compile the GameBot using the compile script provided
cd GameBot sh compile.sh -
Run the simulator server
python2 server.py 10000 -n 8 -m 8 -NC 2 -TL 150 -LOG server.log -
Instantiate a simulator client for a player
export PATH=$PATH:</home/chrome_driver_directory_path> python2 client.py 0.0.0.0 10000 run.sh -
Instantiate another simulator client for the opponent player
python2 client.py 0.0.0.0 10000 run.sh