My guests this week were WillBot, and Nitekat. We talked about author backgrounds, AI in other games (Nitekat’s Diablo 1 API, for example), and of course, SCHNAIL news. Some machine learning musings were also present, and we praised Artosis’ analytical …
Exclusive episode with Dan Gant, the author of PurpleWave (and the PurpleBot family), CherriPi developer, husband and meme war veteran. We talked about SCHNAIL goings-on, the PLUSHIE!!!444, and on a more serious note, mental health and isolation with all that …
My guests were Hao Pan (author of Halo), and Dan Gant (author of PurpleWave/other PurpleBots). We talked about how to climb a bot ladder, a lot about SCHNAIL, and of course, the future of SSCAIT. Also, a SCHNAIL PLUSHIE that …
Previously, Artosis has made a great stream playing against some of the best Brood War bots using the SCHNAIL Client. If you haven’t watched that yet, here is the link:
The interview contains spoilers (duh). Originally I wanted to batch …
The current problem I’m working on with SCHNAIL is one of the most frequently asked question regarding the bots on the platform: How strong are these bots? We have pondered this over multiple episodes of the Undermind. The main …
My guests were McRave, and Dave Churchill. We talked about the SCHNAIL platform, seal clubbing, metagaming, and joked about Canada of course. Also, how to rate bots on a human vs. AI ladder – a favorite topic of mine. We …
My guests this week were Freakling and Ankmairdor. And as usual, we talked about maps a lot, delved quite deep into pathfinding. Also, a lot of SCHNAIL news! Freakling and Ankmairdor are amazingly technically talented people – I’m hoping to …
I decided to title these articles a bit differently. So far I’ve intervowen development content, and actual news/updates about SCHNAIL – the time has come to differentiate these kind of contents.
There has been two major features that I’ve been …
This was an exclusive episode with Jasper Geurtz (Yegers). We talked about his journey into the bot development scene, developing a bot in Java, writing a library, and community engagement. Also, some SCHNAIL discussion was taking place.
Links mentioned:
JBWAPI …
My guests were Antiga and Freakling, and we continued with some awesome map design discussions. Freakling is a treasure trove of map knowledge, and we learned a lot about the topic.
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Map: …