Show HN: A Competition Game to write bots for the most efficient algo

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3 points by desertkun 19 hours ago

I had an idea on a competition in a highly constrained environment: 32x32 matrix, with bots running code you write! Each bot emulates Z80 CPU and they all get equal execution time, so the most efficient algorithm wins. Bots can move, eat, clone themselves, and most importantly, survive the competition. Each submission, leaderboard is re-calculated, such that each participant has a match against each other, and the bot that makes the most wins gets to the top. I am also hoping for submitters to come up with ingenious ideas that would force others to re-think the strategy, etc.