From: Dave Burt <dave@...>
Date: 2005-11-15T00:02:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Equvialent of RoboCode and/or Terrarium for Ruby?

Reyn Vlietstra mused:
> ah, ok
> I only thought about the simplest case, robocode doesn't seem to have
> occluders and visibility.
>  Would be nifty to have a grid based level with obstacles, anything more
> complex than that would probably be easier implemented as a quake mod.
>  Robots could set traps for each other, or use known things in the level, 
> eg
> pull a lever when another robot is positioned over a flame.
>  Would more complexity be more fun ? Where is the line drawn ?

RoboCode is a simple system that includes limited robot-vision. Bots have a 
turretted weapon mounted on the vehicle, and a turretted scanner mounted on 
top of that. Scanners turn much quicker than the guns or whole vehicles, but 
still at a limited rate, so you need to make a trade-off between scanning 
all around to get the big picture and scanning specific threats (e.g. for 
targetting).

Cheers,
Dave