new bot Infested Artosis
Infested Artosis describes itself as a “Zerg bot made from scratch, under active development.” It has a github repo. The README says that it was originally cloned from JavaBWAPI.
Infested Artosis is at a very early stage of development. It plays a fixed build order with zerglings and then hydralisks on one or two bases. It barely has combat skills, and does not seem to recognize enemy buildings as possible targets. Still, it can win occasional games against weak opponents.
One funny game is Infested Artosis vs Marine Hell on Python. Infested Artosis made zerglings and ran past Marine Hell’s ramp bunker to erase the SCV line. Then the zerglings ran out of the base again past the loaded bunker! It’s not a runby skill—the units simply fail to recognize that static defense can shoot at them. With nothing visible in the base except buildings, apparently the zerglings thought there was nothing to fight against (or maybe it was a bug).
It’s a start. I approve of live testing early on, before the bot can even play a decent game—you learn faster that way. Have fun with further development!
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Infested Artosis on :
I added static defense recognition and worked on the scouting bug as part of the latest update, looking forward to see how it fairs on the ladder.
It's been fun watching how it plays against other bots. It doesn't pull workers to defend nor build static defense at this point, so it can do nothing against bots like Stone!
Jay Scott on :