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This is probably the easiest game to bot. The approach I would take would be: 1. Extract the source into a textfile 2. Read the textfile containing the source for the text-based version of the grid 3. Map it using a 2d array and store every possibility to get to a green square just by going right o...

Allosentient wrote:use "long" instead of "int" for 8-byte integer storage.

That depends entirely on the compiler used. In my environment sizeof(long) is 4 bytes. You should use a long long if you want a guaranteed size of at least 8.

Thanks for the tip, I'll try and examine it some more

Erm... I don't get it... but from my point of view the solution is completely independent from the RNG. The RNG defines just the starting point of each calculation. One should find the same solution just by trying all possibilities with brute force... although this would take "a bit" long...

I've been looking at this challenge for a while now but I'm nowhere near figuring out what exactly it wants from me. Can anyone give me a hint in the right direction?

Thanks.

I have done the first part of this challenge and I believe I also have found meaning from the second part of the challenge. However, no matter how I type my answer it gives me the wrong one. Is there anyone I can PM to check if my answer is the correct one?

Thanks,
nto.