I cut my teeth learning to program by writing a script to play my Tele-Arena (MajorBBS MUD) character while I was at school. It took advantage of a simple game

I cut my teeth learning to program by writing a script to play my Tele-Arena (MajorBBS MUD) character while I was at school. It took advantage of a simple game exploit: in TA, your character gained experience simply by attacking; darts, a throwing weapon, did almost no damage but any class could use them; thrown darts would land on the ground at your feet so you could pick them up and reuse them, even if you threw them at a mob in a different room; the Sorceress in the tower was programmed to never leave her room, so she wouldn't chase you if you threw a dart at her from the next room over. So I wrote a script to stand one room away, throwing darts at the Sorceress all day, drinking when I was thirsty, eating when I was hungry, and going back to town when I ran out of food or water to buy some more.