AI bots on webDiplomacy: Skynet edition!
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:00 pm
Dear webDip community,
The mod team, Kestas, and I are happy to announce that we are introducing Artificial Intelligence bots to webDip. We will be the very first site to utilize machine learning to create these bots that will work seamlessly with the games we have instead of having to download a separate program or software.
We have been working with a researcher on creating this AI bot that can play classic gunboat and 1v1 games fairly well. Over the last several months, the mod team and I have been working to iron out the kinks in the bots and refining their strategies and tactics. I think and hope that most of you will find the bots are capable of holding their own in these games. They are well integrated into the site and can easily substitute for players in gunboat games. In a follow-up post, Jmo will provide the specific details of how the bots will work on the site and some of these features are just plain awesome.
Thank you to everyone who worked with us on this. In particular, I want to specifically thank the researcher who created this bot with us, and Squigs and Jmo for integrating the bot into the site and creating many additional features. They have spent countless hours to make this happen.
If we weren’t already the best place to play Diplomacy online, I think we have surpassed everyone else by several leaps. I hope you feel the same way.
zultar
The mod team, Kestas, and I are happy to announce that we are introducing Artificial Intelligence bots to webDip. We will be the very first site to utilize machine learning to create these bots that will work seamlessly with the games we have instead of having to download a separate program or software.
We have been working with a researcher on creating this AI bot that can play classic gunboat and 1v1 games fairly well. Over the last several months, the mod team and I have been working to iron out the kinks in the bots and refining their strategies and tactics. I think and hope that most of you will find the bots are capable of holding their own in these games. They are well integrated into the site and can easily substitute for players in gunboat games. In a follow-up post, Jmo will provide the specific details of how the bots will work on the site and some of these features are just plain awesome.
Thank you to everyone who worked with us on this. In particular, I want to specifically thank the researcher who created this bot with us, and Squigs and Jmo for integrating the bot into the site and creating many additional features. They have spent countless hours to make this happen.
If we weren’t already the best place to play Diplomacy online, I think we have surpassed everyone else by several leaps. I hope you feel the same way.
zultar