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How do I approximate the result of battle between two armies with known strengths?

I need a simple algorithm to calculate the outcome of two differently sized armies battling. Each army has 1-100 troops and every troop is the same value on the battlefield. The troops do not have ...
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100 points between 0-1000 on an increasing scale

Basically, it's for roleplay, I need to generate 100 points along a scale. Level 1 is the starting amount, and is at point 0 on the scale. Level 100 is the highest amount planned at this point, and it ...
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Scrambling word into least recognizable form

My goal is to present the player with a scrambled word that should be reordered back into the original form: OELHL --> HELLO I want a scrambling algorithm that takes any given word(>3or4 letters, ...
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How should I go about randomizing levels in a “runner” game?

I'm working on a runner type of game (basically it's a never ending run through hordes of enemies and platforms and whatnot). 2d platformer view. Should I random a bit of map every now and then? Few ...
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Ideas for attack damage algorithm (language irrelevant)

I am working on a game and I need ideas for the damage that will be done to the enemy when your player attacks. The total amount of health that the enemy has is called enemyHealth, and has a value of ...
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Game window systems and internal frames

I don't know if this is a valid question, but: What kind of window manager do games use which have internal frames (Frames inside frames)? Does this differ between the programming languages (Are e.g. ...
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Help with this optimization [closed]

Here is what I do: I have bitmaps which I draw into another bitmap. The coordinates are from the center of the bitmap, thus on a 256 by 256 bitmap, an object at 0.0,0.0 would be drawn at 128,128 on ...
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Repetition of move in Draughts game

I am having a little problem in my draughts game. Lets say my red piece (moving through AI) has arrived at the border of black pieces and now it has become a king, lets assume it is at index 2. Now ...
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MiniMax not working properly(for checkers game)

I am creating a checkers game but My miniMax is not functioning properly,it is always switching between two positions for its move(index 20 and 17).Here is my code: public double MiniMax(int[] ...
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How to utilize miniMax algorithm in Checkers game

I am sorry...as there are too many articles about it.But I can't simple get this. I am confused in the implementation of AI. I have generated all possible moves of computer's type pieces. Now I can't ...
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Match-3 game level generator

I made match-3 game and now i trying to add level generator. Now I generate level by filling random cells with random blocks, but I want to create generator which for given number of moves and number ...
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Load state / continue game based on user input

I'm working on a rather simple 2D game, with a pretty small set of values that will need to be preserved for a user to pick up where they left off last time they played. Rather than saving/loading ...
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How to evaluate a user against optimal performance?

I have trouble coming up with a system of assigning a rating to player's performance. Well, technically there is is a trivial rating system, but I don't like it because it would mean assigning ...
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Beat detection and FFT

I am working on a platformer game which includes music with beat detection. I am currently detecting beats by checking for when the current amplitude exceeds a historical sample. This doesn't work ...
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Factors to consider when building an algorithm for gun recoil

What would be a good algorithm for calculating the recoil of a shooting guns cross-hairs? What I've got now, is something like this: Define min/max recoil based on weapon size Generate random ...
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Algorithm for determining random events

I'm struggling with coming up with an elegant solution to generating random events in the game that I'm working on. Say there are 4 classes of events that can happen, with varying events in those ...
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Mahjong solitaire - navigating between open tiles

I am looking for an algorithm to help me navigate between 'open' tiles in a Mahjong solitaire game. The game is to be played on a limited device with only left-right-up-down buttons and I want to ...