Hello, I have made a bot for runaway robot and finished all 513 levels.
I want to know how would I make bots for other games flash games that doesn't give you parameters like the puzzles in hacker.org.
For example, how would I go about making a bot for robot unicorn attack?
I have no clue on how to start making such a bot, like how would I even get data from that flash game and how would I input commands to that game.
If someone can give me some tips, or point me in the right direction to further my skills in making bots, that would be great.
Btw, I use Java.
Bots outside of hacker.org?
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AMindForeverVoyaging
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Re: Bots outside of hacker.org?
Well, having no interface/API to interact with certainly is a big obstacle.Besere wrote:that doesn't give you parameters like the puzzles in hacker.org.
For Flash games, you could try software that can decompile the SWF files, e.g.:
Adobe SWF Investigator
Sothink SWF Decompiler
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If you want to go the "dumb" way, you can just script the user interface. In other words: just make a screenshot (or get single pixel values from the operating system), interpret it, then generate mouse movements, clicks, key presses. Repeat several times per second.
While this is not as "cool" as actually "hacking" the flash game, for example to send fake scores to the server, it is less likely to get you banned. Because, like, you actually play the game. Sort of. Plus, if you're serious about it, you can even learn a bit about real computer vision algorithms, text recognition, etc.
I used to do this a lot on the arcade games on dotapickup.com when I was really bored, but sadly they removed the games, along with all my highscores. :(
For a really easy way to get started, have a look at the AutoIt3 language. It's pretty slow but includes an awful lot of UI scripting functions. That's its purpose after all. Writing algorithms in it feels a bit awkward though. And try to start with a simple color-matching game or the like. Robot unicorn attack might be a bit heavy for a start. ;)
While this is not as "cool" as actually "hacking" the flash game, for example to send fake scores to the server, it is less likely to get you banned. Because, like, you actually play the game. Sort of. Plus, if you're serious about it, you can even learn a bit about real computer vision algorithms, text recognition, etc.
I used to do this a lot on the arcade games on dotapickup.com when I was really bored, but sadly they removed the games, along with all my highscores. :(
For a really easy way to get started, have a look at the AutoIt3 language. It's pretty slow but includes an awful lot of UI scripting functions. That's its purpose after all. Writing algorithms in it feels a bit awkward though. And try to start with a simple color-matching game or the like. Robot unicorn attack might be a bit heavy for a start. ;)