Game Definition and 651 Threads

Cheating in the game :) I play this game, Minecraft, and I have to find a place called stronghold, which can only be found by throwing "eye of enders" in the air, that go in the direction of where the stronghold is hidden. The only problem is, those eyes are very rare and difficult to get, so I...

Homework Statement My Textbook gives the following example problem: Cournot Duopoly with incomplete information. The profit functions are given by: u_i = q_i(θ_¡ - q_i - q_j) Firm 1 has one type θ_1 = 1, but firm 2 has private information about its type θ_2. Firm 1 believes that...

Calculating the optimum angle (resulting in the minimum time) for a linear-pathed spacecraft (unaffected by gravities) to leave a planet performing uniform circular motion to reach another planet undergoing uniform circular motion. I am really struggling to work my head around this problem...

Hi guys I'm trying to program a Roulette game on Python My programs asks for inputs and I gave names to these inputs. The point is, since I didn't assign these names before, the following error occurs: UnboundLocalError: local variable 'color' referenced before assignment I tried to get...

So I am playing this game. Guess the signal from its amplitude spectrum(FFT). Signal is periodic. I am currently playing with square wave and what are its characteristics. I am using MATLAB function square to do this. I set the sampling to 500 Hz. So above 250 Hz I get aliasing...

Alright guys and gals, the name of the game is Signatures! It's easy. The only requirement is to have a forum signature! Simply interpret/modify/add to/make fun of/whatever the previous poster's signature!

Recently I have been feeling fairly depressed about my future in the mathematical sciences. I am a second year undergraduate studying mathematics and physics (double major), what is more, I am almost 21. In hindsight I wasted a year traveling with friends after high school, and whilst I enjoyed...

By now, I've listened several times to Brian Greene's talk about the OPERA experiment. And, although I largely agree with him, there's one nagging question I have: Gravitation was, at a time soon following the Big Bang, a repulsive force. The existence of "Dark Energy" suggests the...

Homework Statement At the start of a gameshow there are 10 contestants of which 6 are female. In each round of the game, one contestant is eliminated. All of the contestants have the same chance of progressing to the next round each time. Given that the first contestant to be eliminated...

Solving Flip It, the Game I've formulated the game Flip It(http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-flipit/index.html) into mathematical terms and a system of equations that solve for the solution matrix(the matrix of how many times each square must be clicked to solve from a given beginning. Let...

I'm well aware of all the Hangman codes that are out there given, but I feel that I will get a better understanding of this project if I did it myself with some help. My main problem is knowing how to compare one character of array from a string text file. The text file consist of a whole...

So... um... apparently the World Series has been happening? What the hell? I haven't heard a single person say anything about it. Hell, I didn't even know baseball was being played the last few months. Is google news screwing with me or has it really been baseball season? DISCUSS!

Hi! I really need a help in solving certain task. Before the Allied invasion of France during WWII [bonus point for the month and the year of this invasion ], the Germans had to decide where to place their defenses. They had three choices: They could concentrate their defenses...

How to find out contact time of 2 Carrom men in carrom board game? I am trying to develop a game of carrom board. For this i want to know how to find contact time if Co-efficient of restitution and velocities before contact is known?

So I would imagine everyone has heard of the game show theory as it has been in various tv/movies including 21 and numb3rs. But to refresh your mind. Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a...

Hi, Before ask my question, let me explain how this game works. It exist a board with 9 positions and 9 pieces. Each position of the board is for a piece. A piece is composed by four symbols on each side. Each piece must match their neighbors, and each one can rotate. The goal of this game...

This is a game with N players where each player secretly picks a number from 0 to 100. The winner is the player who picks the lowest unrepeated number. Which number would you pick? What would be your strategy?

I'm completely new to these fourms, have a rudimentary understanding of geometry, and wasn't sure where to post this question, so appologies if this is the wrong forum, I'd be appreciative if you could direct me to the right place. My question is whether it is possible to create a circular or...

Is the universe similar to Conways game of life? Let me elaborate. For us, a second is the unit of time and its a pretty short unit of time. But then at the atomic scale, a second is a pretty big unit of time. Everything we do is in the order of seconds or maybe milliseconds. But so much happens...

Hi! I am Giulia, and I hope the following message is of interest to some given the topic.* I have just co-authored a book: "Friendly F#, fun with game programming and XNA". The book aims at teaching the F# language through a series of samples that are fully centered on physics simulations...

Oh... so Battleship, the game, is now a movie. Yes, that's right. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440129/ TRAILER: http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1053203481/ Oh, and yes, it has a $200M budget. So... uhm... Yah.

Homework Statement Conservation of energy You are designing a game for small children and want to see if the ball’s maximum speed is sufficient to require the use of goggles. In your game, a 15.0-g ball is to be shot from a spring gun whose spring has a force constant of 600 N/m. The...

Hi ,I want to generate a sudoku game in c sharp.First I will make 3*3 cells sudoku simple,then whole sudoku (9*9) . I ve added to form 9 commoboxes and a star button. When ı click the start button , the programme will fill randomly two cells with 1, 2, or 3 . Then player will fill other empty...

Hi, I'm an independent game developer (currently in college) and have been trying to solve a problem and get an equation for use within my physics engine. Homework Statement Here's the problem/situation illustrated through two graphs and a diagram: http://i.imgur.com/qHAsU.jpg Homework...

I have written a computer game which involves 2D asteroids spinning and colliding with one another. Out of some kind of pride or something I wrote my own physics engine to handle the collisions, even though I never studied physics. (Please excuse therefore any incorrect terminology)...

Hello, I was just wondering what kind of language I should learn for getting into game development? I'm currently working through some pygame tutorials. Is that relevant at all? Thanks

Late to the game -- do I have a shot at a physics PhD? Hello! I've decided that I want to switch careers and work toward a physics PhD (ultimately more interested in research than teaching). Here's my situation: I studied electrical engineering at an ivy league school with a 3.75 GPA. Got...

Homework Statement Two teams, teams A and B, are competing in a tournament. Suppose the tournament is a ‘best-of-3’ series; in other words, the first team to win 2 games wins the tournament. Let’s suppose that team A has a slight edge on team B, such that the probability that team A...

Hi, I'm an indie game developer working on a free online puzzle/simulation game set in space. The object of the game is to move, resize, push, pull and otherwise manipulate celestial bodies to solve problems, like putting a planet in a stable orbit or accelerating a satellite to near...

A person has a utility function defined over her wealth given by u(w)=ln(w). Her initial wealth is $2 and she faces a risky prospect in which she will lose $1 with probability 0.4 and gain $1 with probability 0.6. (i) Show that this person is risk averse by demonstrating that her utility...

There is this game (well, use to be) where you'd have yourself and possibly others go from the east to west of the USA on a horse and cart back in the old times, and you'd be given some coins and stuff. You'd need to repair broken wheels, get medicine if someone was ill (or you'd just leave them...

It's a flash game called "QWOP" where you control the thighs and calves of a track runner to make him run. http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html You're supposed to run 100 yards and perform a long jump at the end. It is virtually impossible! The longest I ran was 5 yards before I fell flat on...

Hello! I am a programmer and I am working on a video game, up until now I have used "gravity" to make objects fall just based off simple positioning code. I want to create realistic gravity code though! Here is how the code works... You simply create a variable and assign it a value.. ex...

Hi guys, I would much appreciate your help. Could anyone explain to me how is it possible to prove that every Nash Equilibrium in Centipede involves players defecting in the first period. Also, is any strategy profile involving selling in the first period a NE? I know how to get unique SPNE...

In Norway, they are sending this series on a TV channel nobody has access to (at least, I don't) Am I missing anything? (I quite liked the books)

I'm not sure how to proceed in the last line. http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n149/camarolt4z28/Untitled.png?t=1302307209 http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n149/camarolt4z28/IMG_20110408_185752.jpg?t=1302307222

I keep hearing how it is not as serious as Chernobyl and many other conclusions.. but I see a siituation that keeps getting worse.. 4 reactors in danger of melting down, exploding fission materials. What is it going to take to get it under control? With most workers sent home due to...

I am writing a browser based multiplayer game. The basic idea is that you are the leader of a very advanced spacefaring civilization. Your objective is to gather resources and develop your technology further. You gather resources by mining stars. The more stars you control, the more resources...

I have been developing an entangled lotto game to simulate a simple Bell gedanken experiment described by David Mermin in his article: "Is the moon there when nobody looks? Reality and the quantum theory" where the polarizations are measured at 120 degree angles. I know this is not possible for...

Back in the olden days before there were internets and ipods and thousands of cable channels for entertainment, we made up games to amuse ourselves. This one was passed around quite a lot and is supposed to give insight into your life. Keep in mind that it is just a silly game for amusement and...

Hello there, Somebody I know has asked me if i could help him with the following: He has an idea for a game show and what is the best way to protect the format of this new game show.At present there is no gameshow that has the format that he has.He also asked me if I could put down on paper...

Homework Statement Two players A and B place in alternated way pens on the quadratic table. http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/3051/grazn.jpg (my table is not quite quadratic as it should be) The only condition is that the pens cannot come into a contact with one another. The player who can...

So after reading the planet of lies thread I thought it would be interesting to figure out the optimal way to play the number game described. It is played as follows: There are five players and ten rounds. During each round every player picks a number between 1 and 5, This choice is secret...

Game Theory a problem which is a bit similar to the "Impossible Puzzle" From numbers 1 to 10, two integers X, and Y (not necessarily distinct) are chosen by a referee . The referee informs secretly to Joe the integer U where U = X + Y . The referee informs secretly to Bob the integer V where V...

I need help with finding the probability of the following game, I am making game for my data management class. The game consits of one die, so rolling anything between 1 and 6, there is 10 spots from the beginning to end and every 3 spots there is a hurdle where the player has to flip coin to...

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I'm using my nintendo wii for my gamecube games and I just read in the maual that it's ok to remove the panels on the side to plug in the memory card and the controler if the system is horazontal whitch mine is I never done that before and I was woundering if it would hurt my system the maual...

CAPATALISM "free-market system: an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods, characterized by a free competitive market and motivation by profit" Encarta World English Dictionary. Will a free market economy, on it's own with no...

If anyone has ever played the party game, Mafia, you will love this game! This is a kill or be killed, battle of wits, deception and manipulation between an informed minority and an uninformed majority. At the beginning of the game, everyone will be given a role. Some will have actions that...

Hi, everyone: I am trying to prepare a class for tests of randomness. I am trying to use as output, the 6 numbers of an (actual) lottery. Would a test of runs of the means of the winning numbers be effective here? I am thinking of selecting, say N=50 consecutive...