maxcaplan / GeneticAsteroids

A small side project to use a genetic learning algorithm and neural networks to train a computer to play the retro arcade game Asteroids

GeneticAsteroids

A small side project to use a genetic learning algorithm and neural networks to train a computer to play the retro arcade game Asteroids

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Setup:

1. Install Dependencies

   pip install .

2. Run Project

   python main.py

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Building:

To package the project into an executable pyinstaller is required:

pip install pyinstaller

You can then pacakge the program by running:

pyinstaller --onefile main.py 

This will create an executable in the dist/ directory

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Project Architecture:

To allow for easy instancing, this project is structured to be object oriented. The classes are organized as follows:

├── Game
│       ├── Ship
│       │       ├── NeuralNet
│       │       └── Bullet
│       └── Asteroid