idle-game-engine

README

idle-game-engine

Game engine for idle games like kittens game.

Code

• game.go general game engine
• data.go representation of the data
• ui.go representation of the UI
• textui.go text UI
• simple.go run simple game
• kittens.go kittens game
• main.go run kittens game
• game.out json representation of kittens game, including generated formulas
• solve.go solution to kittens game
• asciicast ascii cast of partial solution
• solve.out text UI output of partial solution
• smart_solve.out output of smart solution
• graph.go generate graph of kittens game dependencies
• graph.svg graph of kittens game dependencies
• graph_blue.svg graph of kittens game unlocks

Special Actions

• Max an action (skip, create, buy)
• Time skip until a game action is available
• Create all the inputs for an action
• Undo an action
• Repeat an action
• Hide actions and resources
• Reset

Dev

Run tests and build:

$ go test ./... && go build

Run

Run interactive kittens game:

$ ./idle-game-engine

Use text UI or http://localhost:8080/.

Set starting resources:

$ ./idle-game-engine --resource_map='catnip:100,Catnip Field:1'

Watch kittens game solution:

$ ./idle-game-engine --auto

Faster solution:

./idle-game-engine --auto --auto_sleep_ms=100

General Ideas

• shared web server
• configurable game rules at runtime
• competition of best solutions
  • least actions
  • least skipped time
• competition of bots

Kittens

Graph of features:

Graph of unlocks:

Nodes:

Edges:

Missing features:

• AI Apocalypse
• Achievements
• Blackcoin
• Challenges
• Dark Future
• Diminishing Returns and Limits
• Energy
• Engineer
• Iron Will
• Kitten Skills
• Pacts
• Policies
• Pollution
• Resource Retrieval
• Space Travel Speed
• Trade Attitude and Embassy