Make AI smarter

LICENSE

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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2024 Maximilian Moser
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

README.md

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+# Maxman
+
+Maxman is a simple game inspired by classics such as `Pacman`, `Achtung, die Kurve!` (also known as `Zatacka`), and `Snake`.
+
+The basic goal is to grow by eating the food lying around until you're big enough to eat your competitors.
+
+
+## Getting started
+
+The game's requirements are listed in `Pipfile`, so you can just install them with `pipenv install`.
+To run the game after installing the requirements, use `pipenv run ./maxman.py`
+
+
+## Controls
+
+Per default, each player has their own key bindings (up, left, down, right):
+* Maxman (yellow): `w`, `a`, `s`, `d`
+* Blackman (black): `i`, `j`, `k`, `l`
+
+Other key bindings are:
+* `SPACE`: Pause/resume
+
+
+## Playing against AI
+
+If you want to play against the AI instead of other players, supply the corresponding CLI flag: `pipenv run ./maxman.py --ai <number of AI players>`

maxman.py

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+#!/bin/env python3
+
 import abc
+import argparse
 import dataclasses
 import math
 import random
-import sys
 from typing import List
 
 import pygame
@@ -113,11 +115,14 @@ class AI:
             return
 
         target = self.target
-        if random.random() * 100 < 10:
+        if (target and target.size > self.man.size) or random.random() * 100 < 10:
             target = None
 
         if target is None:
-            if targets := [e for e in self.enemies or [] if e.size < self.man.size]:
+            targets = [
+                e for e in self.enemies or [] if e.alive and e.size < self.man.size
+            ]
+            if targets:
                 target = random.choice(targets)
 
         if target is None:
@@ -155,10 +160,9 @@ dt = 0
 
 # set up board
 sw, sh = screen.get_width(), screen.get_height()
-ai = AI()
 maxman = Man(pygame.Vector2(sw / 4, sh / 4), name="Maxman")
 blackman = Man(
-    pygame.Vector2(sw * 0.75, sh * 0.75),
+    pygame.Vector2(sw * 0.75, sh * 0.25),
     name="Blackman",
     color="black",
     key_up=pygame.K_i,
@@ -166,11 +170,41 @@ blackman = Man(
     key_left=pygame.K_j,
     key_right=pygame.K_l,
 )
-players = [maxman, blackman]
+chrisman = Man(
+    pygame.Vector2(sw * 0.25, sh * 0.75),
+    name="Chrisman",
+    color="red",
+    key_up=pygame.K_UP,
+    key_down=pygame.K_DOWN,
+    key_left=pygame.K_LEFT,
+    key_right=pygame.K_RIGHT,
+)
+manman = Man(
+    pygame.Vector2(sw * 0.75, sh * 0.75),
+    name="Manman",
+    color="green",
+    key_up=pygame.K_KP_8,
+    key_down=pygame.K_KP_2,
+    key_left=pygame.K_KP_4,
+    key_right=pygame.K_KP_6,
+)
+players = [maxman, blackman, chrisman, manman]
 food = Food.new()
 
-if any([arg in ["--ai", "-a"] for arg in sys.argv]):
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    ai.hook(blackman)
+parser.add_argument(
+    "--ai",
+    type=int,
+    choices=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4],
+    default=1,
+    help="number of AI players",
+)
+args = parser.parse_args()
+ais = []
+for i in range(args.ai):
+    ai = AI()
+    ai.hook(players[-i - 1])
+    ais.append(ai)
 
 while running:
     # check recent events
@@ -204,6 +238,7 @@ while running:
         for p in players:
             for op in players:
                 if p != op and p.can_eat(op):
+                    op.alive = False
                     players.remove(op)
 
             if p.can_eat(food):
@@ -220,7 +255,9 @@ while running:
             )
 
         else:
-            ai.decide()
+            for ai in ais:
+                ai.decide()
+
             for p in players:
                 p.handle_input(keys, dt)