A "checkers bot" which connects to a Checkers Overlord server and uses neurgo to do it's thinking (or lack thereof).

• Go 1.1 or later

$ go get github.com/tleyden/checkerlution
$ go get github.com/couchbaselabs/go.assert

$ cd $GOPATH/github.com/tleyden/checkerlution
$ go test -v

Not strictly required, but very useful in order to view the game.

The other way to install Checkers-iOS from github. Unfortunately it is a private repo at the time of this writing. Contact wacarter if you are interested in getting the source code.

It can be installed for the iTunes Store, however that version is only able to connect to the non-public production server.

Edit SERVER_URL in gamecontroller.go to point the Sync Gateway you want to test against.

$ cd $GOPATH/github.com/tleyden/checkerlution/main
$ go run main.go

• sensor1: game state array with 32 elements, each of which is:

  • -1.0: opponent king
  • -0.5: opponent piece
  • 0 empty
  • 0.5 our piece
  • 1.0: our king

• sensor2: an available move, which is:

  • start_location(normalized to be between -1 and 1)
  • is_king(-1: false, 1: true)
  • final_location(-1 and 1)
  • will_be_king(-1: false, 1: true)
  • amt_would_capture(-1: none, 0: 1 piece, 1: 2 or more pieces)

• actuator: outputs a scalar value representing the confidence in the available move

There is a loop which presents each move to the network, and the move which has the highest confidence wins.