This is an AI for the board game Pandemic. Made for a SSRP/REU research project at Ohio Wesleyan University.
This project uses the Gradle build system.
To run, use the included run.sh script or type ./gradlew run
To compile a .jar file, do ./gradlew dist
Most IDEs have support for importing gradle projects, which is probably a good idea for this project. We used Intellij Idea.
Static map data is saved as a text in cities.txt
The format is <Color Char> <City name> <City names of adjacent cities>
The 'U' color code stands for black.
Take a look at the /doc folder for the documents related to this research.
The poster is probably the best way to get a quick understanding of how the program works.
There's definitely a lot more work to do. A good way to find stuff that needs work is to search
for the //TODO comments.
- Certain game mechanics are ignored
- Player roles are ignored by the ai even though many are supported by code
- Event cards are not in the code, but it should be relatively easy to add by extending Card
- The game starts with a bunch of extra research stations for debugging
- The game uses 4 epidemic cards by default, but the code should automatically support up to 6
- The current AI is limited to certain actions
- The AI calculates time to lose using simulation and time to lose using probability
- Both TTW and TTL could be improved, especially TTW
- The AI can treat cubes and go for a cure
- It can't place research stations or trade
- In general, there needs to be more testing done to find out how the AI acts in different situations