Game Definition and 651 Threads

Homework Statement I'm writing a program for a game similar to rock-paper-scissors. It is called proton-neutron-electron (P, N, E). There are two players. In the event of a tie, player 2 wins P1 denotes player 1, P2 denotes player 2, P = proton, N = neutron, E = electron. P1P means player 1...

There is a book out there called Mathematics and Go (or the other way around, I am not sure). This book talks about an ancient game called Go (or in Chinese 围棋*wéiqì*） and the application of math to it, I think it can be done better since it does deal with surreal numbers and those do not really...

In risk, the attacking party rolls 3 die and the top two numbers of the 3 die rolled get put up against 2 die rolled by the defender. If the die are equal then the defender wins. For example if the offender rolls 5 5 2 and the defender rolls 4 3, then 2 defender men die. If the offender rolls 5...

Hey, I am looking to teaching myself a new subject along with statistical mechanics. I am very interested in some of the implications of game theory and the notion that we can approximately quantify and predict decisions made by large groups of people. Unfortunatly, as an engineering graduate my...

I have recently finished watching the first season of "Game of Thrones" and I must say it must be one of the most overrated shows I have ever watched. I know this will probably annoy many people but I just cannot understand the allure of it. I invite you to tell me whether you agree or disagree...

This came to me when I was lying awake in bed at night. Consider a biologically immortal person (meaning not susceptible to disease, age, or etc, but can die from physical wounds) locked alone in a room with a knife for all time (henceforth called a "BIPLRAT"). P1: If a BIPLRAT has free...

Hi guys! When I was about 6-7 years old (around 1993-1994), I used to play to some DOS games in my aunt's house. I've sucessfully recovered the names of some of them (like the sleepwalker) but I'm stuck at finding the name of one of them that I liked. All I remember is that at start we are on...

I am making a probability game for my Data Management class, and have a few things I am unsure about. Essentially, each player has 6 objects located in locked boxes numbered one through six. Players take turns rolling a die that produces the key to the box that corresponds to the roll. The...

Homework Statement Roll a pair of six-sided dice. If the sum is 7 or 11, you win. If the sum is 2,3, or 12, you lose. If the sum is any other number, you roll again. In fact, you continue throwing the dice until you either roll that number again (win!) or roll a 7 (lose!). Suppose you...

One of my students told me about this: http://gamelab.mit.edu/games/a-slower-speed-of-light/ I haven't been able to try it because I don't run Windows or MacOS. As far as I can tell, it's free, but closed source. The license is extremely restrictive. No idea whether the game is any good...

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I was recently browsing the halo wiki, looking at the technological advancements man had achieved in the 26th century. As I was clicking along the technologies seemed very real and lifelike, from the way ONI creates it's AIs or the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine Halo looks very well thought out...

Hey, I've been practising with 3d modelling programs and mod development and I'm looking to make a game that I've come up with a story for. Basically I'm looking for some realistic advice on what you guys consider fundamental to a game that is based in space. The back story: In the far flung...

Are there ANY PC games that use more than four CPU threads? It's about time that computer games make use of hyper-threading and 6-8 core processors. I read somewhere that flight simulator X is coded to use up to 16 threads. Although I'm not sure if that's actually true.

So I was just at a hockey game and noticed that the game pucks were being kept on ice in a cooler before they were to be used. When I asked about this I was told it was to keep the pucks from being more 'bouncy.' Why does this work? I would think that the colder they are, the bouncier they...

Homework Statement This is an introductory programming class for Engineering majors. So I am making a simple game. It requires that you enter say, 3 numbers, then test to see if the sum of the numbers is even or odd. If it is even you win, odd, you lose. The game repeats several times, and...

A Box contains black balls and white balls, with 1/2 of each. Now we add black balls, with 1/8 of total. What is probability of drawing 1 black, 2 black and 3 black balls respectively (no replication)? Analysis: Drawing one black ball : 1/8*1/2+1/2 = 9/16. Thinking of conditional...

So I'm working on a simple memory game nonGUI: Write a program that plays the memory matching game. When it start, the program prompts the user for the number of rows and columns for the game board that contains the cards. The total number of cards must be even. Assume that the board dimensions...

Homework Statement In the two-player game "Morra", the players simultaneously hold up some fingers and each guesses the total number of fingers help up. If exactly one player guesses correctly, then the other player pays her the amount of her guess(in dollars, say). If either both players...

Hello Forum, I just learned about the "guess the number" game. There are 100 numbers, from 1 to 100 and the computer must ask questions to find the correct number. The computer could start from 1 and go up until it finds the right number. That would involve a certain number of questions. Or...

Hi all. I recently watched a documentary about John Nash's game theory and I'd like to study more about that. My present mathematical knowledge is that of a particle physics student at his fourth year. Is my preparation enough? If so, can someone advise some references where I could study?

Hey all, I just searched the forum for discussions about this game but, apart from one of the developers asking a question about astrophysics, I found nothing. In case folks don't know... there exists a wonderful game/simulator called "Kerbal Space Program" developed by a group called "Squad."...

Homework Statement i Pmed some mentors but they said i should post it at forum, i asked Astronuc that if its ok to post this in forum and he told me to post it in this section.. i know some users here are very senior and surely have the knowledge to this and i want to learn. it is a...

I am perfectly aware that an answer to this question could take slightly more than the usual, but this thing is making me nut. I don’t get if I make some sort of mistake in terms of calculation or if the authors use a peculiar notation. This is the paper that I am referring to, in particular...

There's a lot of background information that I'll spare you guys, but I'm currently on leave from Brown and am considering going to UC Boulder instead and am just curious how the programs might compare, what my graduate prospects will be, and so forth. Actually, some background: I transferred...

You play against three automated players who’s dice and actions are independent from you. You start with six randomly rolled dice. Rules: -You MUST keep at least one die, but can keep as many as desired. -A (1) and (4) are qualifiers, without both qualifiers you cannot score. These do not...

This problem is not schoolwork, it is from "The Mathematics of Poker". I have three equations based off a 3x3 Rock, Paper, Scissors payout table where winning with scissors is given a +2 payout instead of +1. Homework Statement Find the solution to the system of equations Homework...

I have a character who needs to jump to a certain height, I want to calculate his initial vertical velocity so that he can achieve that height. Distances and speeds are in logical pixels per second. The character's position is stored in a 2D vector \begin{pmatrix} x \\ y\end{pmatrix}, and...

In a gambling game , you can win 1$ in each round with probability 0.6 or lose 2$ in probability 0.4. suppose you start with 100$. find the probability that after 10 rounds you have between 93 to 107 dollars. i am not sure how to start the solution, thanks,

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Ok, this is how the game is played. You must say only one word and the first letter of the word must be the next letter of the alphabet of the first letter of the previous word. They must make sense and when it gets to z, somome posts the who:e story. I'll start: Adam

I swear I will get the high score if it's the last thing I do...

import acm.graphics.*; import acm.program.*; import java.awt.Color; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.Random; import java.util.List; public class LAB1 { final static int BLOCKWIDTH = 50; final static int BLOCKHEIGHT = 10; final static int NBLOCKS = 10; final static...

I hope this is the right forum to put this in. This is a strategy I am trying to fine tune for a book I am writing about the card game Pinochle. Here are the rules: Two player game - First player to 40 points wins. Game starts 0 points to 0 points. Players alternate turns. One...

I need an idea for a simple game in basic (i was told it can't be battleship for some reason) to program. I do not want whoever reads this post to give me the coding for it i am just looking for ideas. It must use loops, IF-THENs, and inputs and those 3 things are the only things it needs to...

https://www.physicsforums.com/attachments/46168 This is the "well" game (in Chinese) similar to Sudoku. It has 9 areas with different colours. I will draw one number from each area. In order to have a line, at least 3 number drawn must be same row, column or diagonal. I will illustrate an...

i am doing a project from my introductory CS course. i am to make game available online by the name of air transporter. (if possible do check it out online before giving me any ideasa. http://www.physicsgames.net/game/Air_Transporter.html) frankly speaking i do not know all the ropes of matlab...

Homework Statement You roll a die, and I roll a die. You win if the number showing on your die is strictly greater than the one on mine. If we play this game five times, what is the chance that you win at least four times? The answer is .1005 [b]2. Related Equations[\b] Binomial The Attempt...

any prerequisites to cover the following Course content: The courses examines the theory of games and its applications in economics: Game trees with perfect information, NIM, combinatorial games. Backward induction. Extensive and strategic (normal) form of a game. Nash equilibrium...

Now I've played this awesome game recently, called Halo: Combat Evolved ( I'm sure a lot of people have played it already). It's based on intergalactic warfare. A lot of adventures of Master Chief (the main guy) happen to be around on this ring shaped planet-sized thing called the Halo. And...

I'm aware that the P( winning a game of craps by rolling a sum of 6) =P(getting 6 the first time and 6 the second time) or P(getting 6 the first time, get some number other than 6 and 7 the second time and get 6 again the third time) or P((getting 6 the first time, get some number other...

Hi, Please see the attached picture. Table 1 in the picture shows the payoffs of a 2-player game, similar to the Rock Paper Scissor game. In this game, the two player (Stephen and Maude) show either one or two fingers at the count of three. If the sum of the total fingers shown is an even...

Hi I have just started a game theory module and have been given the following exercise. Can anyone help me with the following question. I have a feeling I can use a minimax argument to answer this but I am not sure how to go about this. Suppose a two-player zero-sum game has the following...

the 10 X 20 lattice game has the following rules: - two players alternate picking points (x,y) in the plane. the points must have integer coordinates(lattice points) and we must have 1 ≤ x ≤ 10 1 ≤ y ≤ 20 - first player must begin from (1,1). that is, player 1 can choose any point with one...

Hello everyone, I want to ask questions about my task. Below are the description. Thank you in advance. Kind regards, Kirman. The aim of this task is to create a dice game in a casino and model this using probability. It is important to examine how best to run the game from both...

Homework Statement you throw several coins into a pool for a diving game. how does their apparent depth (if you are looking from the edge of the pool into the water) compare to their actual depth? a. it appears deeper b. it appears shallower c. there's no difference d. depends on the...

I'm having some trouble figuring out several different things. 1) How big an army can I make based on the amount of gold I have. 2) How much of each resource will I need to purchase to create said army. 3) How much of 1 resource would I need to buy given how much of the other I already have to...

New game "Shoot the electron" Hi there, I am interested in some feedback (not to harsh I hope) on a "shoot the electron" game. http://www.animatedphysics.com/games/shoottheelectron.htm Basically you are attempting to ionize hydrogen by shooting an electron at the electron within the...

Homework Statement {(-3,-4),(-7,2)} Find the value of the game (basically saying find x*) Homework Equations E((x,1-x), 1)=E((x,1-x),2)) The Attempt at a Solution Basically I used dot product of (x,1-x) and column 1 (-3,-7). I got 4x-7 for that, which is my E((x,1-x). Then I found the dot...

I don't want to use any game engine. I want to use only C++ to make a 3D Game. How can I do so? I have made many 2D games, like chess, connect 4, mario, snake, etc. But how do i do 3D and make things like DOOM? I use the OLD Turbo C++ Compiler, not Dev C++