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3 <div class="statement-section statement-goal">
5 <span class="icon icon-goal"> </span>
8 <div class="statement-goal-content">
9 Don't get destroyed by the troll.
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15 <span class="icon icon-rules"> </span>
18 <div class="statement-rules-content">
19 If you have stones, shoot <const>1</const> or more of them.
21 If you don't have stones, shoot <const>0</const> exactly.
24 <div class="statement-section statement-warning">
26 <span class="icon icon-warning"> </span>
27 <span>Rule Evolution</span>
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30 The following ideas are still in flux, waiting for some
31 opinions. Please drop a word on the
32 <a href="https://www.codingame.com/contribute/view/507070b7925f661e2d2835c14f950b9d157e">
36 <a href="https://forum.codingame.com/t/troll-vs-castles-brainstorm/184827?u=jbm">
41 Is it even worth publishing? can the problem be totally solved?
44 More maps? (a map is a {road length} × {initial stone count} pair)
47 Leagues? I could conceive the referee being permissive
48 (allow 0 stones thrown) in the first one, and then strict.
51 Fog of war? (see only troll position, not enemy throw/stones left)
54 <strong>variable</strong> for of war? (seeing enemy stones
55 is a boolean decided randomly as part of the map?
58 alternative fog of war? (seeing enemy stones only when
59 troll is close to us?)
62 Praise for my artistic skillz
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71 <div class="icon victory"></div>
73 <div class="title">Victory Condition</div>
74 <div class="text">Your opponent loses.</div>
77 <div class="statement-lose-conditions">
78 <div class="icon lose"></div>
80 <div class="title">Defeat Condition</div>
82 <li>The troll reaches your castle.</li>
83 <li>When no player has stones left, the troll is closer to your castle.</li>
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89 <span class="icon icon-protocol"> </span>
90 <span>I/O Protocol</span>
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93 Just read the sample code. You can figure this out.
95 You're currently allowed the default SDK timings. I think it's
96 one second for the first turn and 50 ms then, but don't
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105 <div class="statement-expert-rules-content">
107 The following maps are currently available and randomly yet
108 extremely fairly (you wouldn't believe the effort that went
109 into this) chosen uniformly at random among the following:
112 <tr><th>Road length</th><th>Stones</th></tr>
113 <tr><td><const>6</const></td><td><const>15</const></td></tr>
114 <tr><td><const>6</const></td><td><const>30</const></td></tr>
115 <tr><td><const>14</const></td><td><const>30</const></td></tr>
116 <tr><td><const>14</const></td><td><const>50</const></td></tr>
119 As with anything in this <em>draft</em> statement, this
120 is <strong>subject to change without notice</strong>. Why do
121 you think they're provided in the game input?
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127 <span class="icon icon-protocol"> </span>
128 <span>Change Log</span>
132 Fixed the road length fencepost non-issue.
135 Of course that game needed MSG functionality!
138 Enforce the one-stone rule. (that also fixed the legacy
139 buh—sorry people! I put an easter egg in exchange)
142 Cutesy defeat animations.
145 Distinct castle sprites!
148 Terminate game when there are no more stones in sight.
151 More pretty. (SRLSLY)
154 No more void maps. (root cause: Java <const>%</const> on a
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160 <div class="statement-story"
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162 <div class="story-text">
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164 “Trolls simply detest the very sight of dwarves (uncooked).”
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167 — J.R.R. Tolkien, <i>The Hobbit</i>
172 Based on an involuntary suggestion by
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174 userid="user.codingamer.userId">
176 href="/profile/dbfa96e0ac9b77a3db679628f27224ae8509333"
177 title="Zaap38">Zaap38</a>
179 on the #Fr channel. The original appears to be by
180 <a href="http://andre.lovichi.free.fr/teaching/ea/2015-2016/cours/troll/Trolls_et_chateaux.pdf">
181 Romain André-Lovichi