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Does anyone plan this game KenKen? It's like Sudoku or whatever except its... not. The idea is like Soduku but along with only having one of each number in every row/column (but not having to worry about a 3x3 brick having 1-9), the numbers have to satisfy a mathematical relation in certain...

I need to come up with an optimal algorithm for playing a popular guessing game which you might know by a handful of names like Bulls and Cows, Codebreaker, Guess-the-number, Mastermind(without repeating digits though). Here's the general definitions from the wiki page: I have thought about...

Hi, I don't if this is place to asks this. I am teaching myself game theory and I am just confused on how to convert extensive form to normal form when there are different stategies for player 2' depending on the player 1's stretegie. I understand if you were turning rock paper scissors into...

Hi i have any idea in physics 'i'm a game programmer who needs help i have this flash file http://www.knowingames.com/test_ik_06.swf" the original idea is that i can click any opint on any shape and it'd move as in the flash exmple i have no idea what is the name of this physics action...

from another thread on probability: What are the odds of two players getting three-of-a-kind in a game of poker? My first idea was to square the chance for three-of-a-kind for one player, but that doesn't seem right to me since it doesn't take the shared cards on the table into account.

Hi there, found a situation where I'm trying to find the probability of winning a ladder type game. There are 10 steps and the goal is to win all 10 steps without busting (i.e. a streak, given one exception below in event B). On any given step three different events can occur: Event A: 50%...

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/482128 Just follow the link and click "PLAY THIS GAME!". You need a recent version of flash player. Does it count as Artificial Intelligence?

A while back i was reading some stuff on game theory and it completely blew me away. So can someone tell me what game theory is general is and what quantum game theory is. Also if you can pleaes tell me what is the difference between the 2 and how it is used in economics.

hi everyone Problem: In (a simplified version of) bridge: each player is dealt 13 cards out of a full 52 card deck. Where an ace is worth 4 points; a king 3 points; a queen 2 points; and a jack 1 point. The rest of the cards (2-10) are worth 0 points. Question: what is the chance of...

The "LOST" drinking game I was watching LOST last night and something occurred that happens quite regularly on the show, and it got me thinking about drinking games. So I started a list of rules for a LOST drinking game. If anything on the following list happens while watching LOST, you...

Hi, I am not sure I am solving this problem the correct way, as my answer seems too low. Problem: In squash (a two player racquet game), the player who gets 9 points first wins the game. Whoever wins a rally gets the point, irrespective of who served the ball. I am ignoring other rules...

Homework Statement k so An experiment is done to determine the half-life of a radioactive substance that emits one beta particle for each decay process. Measurements show that an average of 8.4 beta particles are emitted each second by 2.5 milligrams of the substance. The atomic weight of the...

So: I do a "game of the year" poll every year. The poll gives you a list of nearly every game released last year, and asks you to make a list of your favorites (up to your top 20). If you would like to vote in it (and if it's okay for me to link this) you can click here to vote. For...

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Check it out. My best score was a 7. http://play.sockandawe.com/

It's been about a year now, so maybe it's time for another round, eh? HOW THE GAME WORKS: I make up cryptic clues, the answers to which are the usernames of different PF members. If you think you've got the answer, post it, along with the explanation. Sometimes, the answer may not be the...

HI all. Just looking for some ideas or pointers. I wish to pass on an idea to a friend. I want to look at Platonic shapes in 3D evolving through various iterations. I've played with pretty fractals and I've played with the 2D and 3D Game of Life games. both nice diversions :) on a rainy...

hi, I have been trying to make a game similar to pong in java. But I do not understand the concept of bouncing of the paddle. the paddle moves around in a circle. Here is the code that I have for the vector class that takes in the position of the paddle as a vector. public class Vector {...

I am currently in 9th grade and am a programmer, however trigonometry is next year... You could probably consider the engine of Asteroids "basic physics", so will post it here... Sorry if this is in the wrong section. I am creating the classic arcade game Asteroids with XNA Game Studio by...

Hi everyone, I'm currently a game programming student who is searching for a good online undergrad maths degree. I have read some threads here and someone (vanadium 50) mentioned there are two types of maths degrees: "ones for people not going on to graduate school, and ones for people who are"...

N+1 children in a circle, passes a box between them. Proabilty 0.5 to pass a box to the left or to the right. When all the chidlren "touches" the box, the game ends. Need to find distribution of random variable k, which define the k'th child to stop the game.

Is this game insane or what? I love this game, its Balling! :smile: :approve: Watch it in High Quality mode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX3yJRXpSOQ&feature=related

If you are given two dice and a gameboard how would you figure out the probability of landing on each of the individual squares in one game? Since there are two dice with 6 faces you can make a few statements without much math: 0 possibility of landing on first square, (1/6)*(1/6)...

Going into the weekend before the elections, here's a game for everyone! RULES: 1. Enter R (for McCain-Palin), D (for Obama-Biden), or X (for other) in the spaces provided beside the states, to submit your predictions of who will win which state in the 2008 Presidential Election. You may...

Lookit them cilia flagellate! Microbe Kombat

Homework Statement First of all, let's imagine that there are 3 types of balls in a bag. Balls a, b and c. There are infinite balls of each sort and we have to pick an x number of times. Not long ago I asked someone to help me find a formula which states all the possibles combinations of...

Hello. I'm entering to a software competition and I need to create an educative game, so I want to make it with physics. Anyone have an idea, suggestion or anything on what kind of game I could make. Thanks in advance P.S: I'm in 11th and the game is made with Visual Basic

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/SmartHome/story?id=5774961&page=1 I'm not too familiar with gaming , this game is supposedly going to employ a grand new concept.

Homework Statement Player 1 starts by choosing 0 or 1, then player 2, repeat infinitely many times and stick a decimal point in front and see the bit string as a real number between 0 and 1. If it's rational player 1 wins, irrational player 2 wins. Does either player have a winning strategy...

ok I hope nobody gets mad at me for asking about this but here goes: So I've recently become pretty interested in probability, I'm wondering if there are any cool probability card game out there. I thinking of making my own (don't really know enough though probably) when I thought "I bet...

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Hello all, I was thinking about how a certain probability would be calculated and the answer is eluding me. It has been a number of years since I have taken a statistics and probabilities class so I am a little rusty. Anyway, to jump right into my question: How would one figure out the...

OK. I have been fighting with my pen and paper for hours trying to fathom this: I have been thinking about that childs game where there is a post, and two players. On the post is a string with a tennis ball attached at the top, each player has a tennis raquet and they hit the ball around the...

Although this problem may look like homework, I assure you it is not. It is a question that arose from a trading card game that I am stuck on. The problem is as follows (with simplified cards) You have a deck of 53 cards, and 11 of those cards are red and 42 are black. If you were to randomly...

Does anyone have a broader perspective on Game Theory with inperfect information? At the moment I'm working on a self defined subject, using only the basic tools in the original work by von Neumann. Basically I just generalized his one-round, fixed limit poker with continuous variables so...

Quote: "Let G = <N, (A_i), (u_i)> be such a strategic game. We denote by \Delta (A_i ) the set of probability distributions over A_i and refer to a member of \Delta (A_i ) as a mixed strategy of player i; we assume that the players' mixed strategies are independent randomizations. " So...

The Phillies game isn't on local TV today, it's only on MLB tv. That's just not right. Americans should not have to live this way.

For object-oriented programming course this semester, I have the last-assignment. The assignment requests the student to build an adventure game. The game, of course, have to apply GUI components. We are allowed (and encouraged) to continue last-year course-participants project. I have decided...

I own a Sony PSP, and am curious as to how it works on a quantum level, from knowing what part the electrons in the circuit board work to what part the photons play in me being able to see what's displayed on the screen.

All of the pictures submitted this week follow a sporting event theme. Well done to everyone who participated. And congratulations to the future winners, to be archived for all history in the PF Photo Contest Winners thread. Vote for the picture that best represents our theme this week. 1...

I was wondering for which two-player/two-option games (symmetric, ...?) definite solutions for the best strategy can be found? (like a single equation for which probability for the choices to use)

Take Me Out To A Ball Game This week, all your pictures must be on sports and/or sporting events. Administrative update: I have selected MK to run the PF Photo Contest for the few weeks that I had mentioned earlier in another thread (4/26-5/17). I am sure he will do just wonderfully. He has...

Most Americans know of this game show hosted by Howie Mandel. A friend of the Child of Evo's has just signed a contract to be one of the models that opens a briefcase and supposedly she will get paid $600,000.00. That's just sick.

Hello all, I stumbled upon a basic probability type question from the movie 21 and was hoping someone could provide me with an explanation. The question is as follows: If i have 3 doors and behind one of the doors is a car and behind the other 2 doors is nothing and i have to choose one...

Homework Statement in checkers you jump over the enemys piece and land on a square after that. i'm making this game in c++ using sdl~ i just want to know how to get the square i have jumped over using the end square and start square locations Homework Equations The Attempt at a...

Hi guys I hope I'm in the right subforum. I was thinking of a way to map a house or outside area with radar or some other method, and then using that info to create a map for a game. So my question is, what are the different methods available for sensing the surrounding area and creating a...

I know this isn't a forum your average Gamer would visit, however I think it would be nice to get a wider variety of opinions. Me and a team of programmers and modellers have gotten together recently and we are very serious about completing a game. It will be extremely difficult to compete...

Board (4x3) A B C D E F G H I J K L You have 11 chips [1,1,1,1], [2,2,2,2], [3,3], [4] (for example) placed randomly on the 4x3 board in slots A,...,L and one empty slot (that moves) that we'll call X, the movements are done similarly to the 8-puzzle game where X (empty) can move either...

I am just playing around with physics simulation in c++... and my latest obsession is simulating rigid body motion (specifically rotation) with no external torque, for now. The equations of motion in question are the 'Euler equations' which relate the angular acceleration (omega-dot) around any...