Hit the green flag, press the space bar, change your computer settings so it won't sleep, and leave your computer to sit for several days! It's that easy! DOWNLOAD AND PLAY THIS ON THE OFFLINE EDITOR. After a couple of hours, the screen on the online version seems to go blank, stopping the program. This does not happen on the offline editor. THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM. I do not know if it will really be able to complete the course, given enough time. Please leave comments below to tell me your results. I plan on giving it a more intelligent efficiency calculator soon, but please leave suggestions.
This is a project inspired by SethBling's Mar/IO program, which learns to play Mario Bros. If you have not seen his video, the link is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv6UVOQ0F44 This works by generating 100 random sequences of turning right, left, accelerating, and braking. It takes the two top performing sequences and creates 70 variations of those two combined (like how DNA is combined in breeding), and introduces 30 more random sequences. In theory, after enough time, this program should be able to play this game perfectly. However, my program may have bugs and other problems that prevent it from working.
