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[RetiredRonin]

The Master of Mato competition is heating up!



70 people registered for our Head-to-Head-to-Head-to-Head snake game and now the top 5 competitors are invited to the finals event, which will be held at the Helsinki-based RedLynx offices, on Monday December 3rd.

Competitors had two weeks to code an AI for a four-player snake game, and the contestants gave positive feedback about the experience. They enjoyed the semi-finals in a sports-like fashion, and were also happy to have a chance to apply their skills towards something other than work.

The main forum for the competition has been a Freenode-hosted IRC channel, and the channel has been active throughout the competition. During the initial phase our servers hosted over one thousand matches as the participants worked on getting the most out of their AI snakes.

The Master of Mato will receive a tablet of his or her choice! Currently DrunkenMaster is in the lead with a score of 86 points, which is 7 more than the nearest rival, WeGoSpaceNow.



Details:

* The game area is a square grid of size 50x50. Four worms work simultaneously in the field.

* There are 10 food items distributed around the field at all times.

* When a worm eats a food item (by moving to the same square as the food), the size of the worm is increased by three units, and a new food is created in a random position.

* A worm may perish during the game by colliding against the edges of the area, or against other worms or itself. There are no other obstacles in the area.

* All contestants begin the game as size 5 worms.

* The contestants have a fixed amount of time each turn to tell the server which direction their worm should move that turn. You may send up to three instructions during the same turn, the last one to arrive to the server before the turn ends is used to guide your worm. The time available each turn will be 200ms.

* The game ends when only one worm is alive, or when any worm reaches 1000 points.


Please check out these links for the Semi-final Results (where you can watch every match that has been run so far) and for the Full Contest Information.


Be sure to check back after Dec. 3rd when we will share the details from the Finals.

[SwagDeflector]

So its the old game snake with a few twists and turns ?