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Wasn't this kind of game in ICFPC[1]? [1]: https://icfpcontest2017.github.io/ https://icfpcontest2017.github.io/
by ishitatsuyuki 9y ago
Wasn't this kind of game in ICFPC[1]?
[1]: https://icfpcontest2017.github.io/ https://icfpcontest2017.github.io/
- netgusto 9y agoYes, it's that kind of game (competitive programming applied to gaming). But although competition is definitely a part of Byte Arena (and will be in the future), it is also about having fun making stuff, and self improvement while doing so.
- narag 9y agoThis kind of game is old. I remember I saw something very similar called "red code", about twenty years ago.
- netgusto 9y agoTalking about [1] right (corewar) ? I remember reading about it on HN a couple of monthes ago, and it was definitely an inspiration yes. [1] http://vyznev.net/corewar/guide.html http://vyznev.net/corewar/guide.html
- JoeDaDude 9y agoYes, Corewar! A programming game going back to ancient times [1]. Corewar had as inspiration the apocryphal story of the Creeper and the Reaper. The Creeper was a real program that would copy itself to other computers. It was probably the first computer worm [2]. The Reaper was then created to also move across computers and delete the Creeper when it was found [3]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_War [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creeper_(program) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creeper_(program) [3] http://corewar.co.uk/creeper.htm http://corewar.co.uk/creeper.htm