User:Mohit.mangal

Wesnoth AI Improvement

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This is Summer of Code 2014 Student Proposal Page

Description

This proposal aims for adding a feature of position analyzer in AI of Wesnoth. My long term aim with project is to add new features to Battle for Wesnoth. I didn't have very long experience with code of Wesnoth(15 days). After playing the game I found adding new functionality to this game really interesting.

Proposal Details

My proposal aims for improving the AI of Wesnoth. Following points describe the details of work that I will do.

• Develop a position analyzer in AI.
• The work of position analyzer will be to analyze the current status of game with the help of some parameters and make game difficult or easy. Following are parameters that I will use to determine status of game.
  • Distance from destination.
  • Distance of nearest enemy unit.
  • Number of units in six nearest hexas.
  • Average health of all units.
• After calculating the current status of game I will make game difficult or easy in different situations by changing various parameters like movement of enemy units, number of attacks etc.

Timeline

Time	Task	Status
1.04.2014-15.04.2014	Getting familiar with code of Wesnoth and doing the starting teak given by mentor.
16.04.2014-15.05.2014	Discussion with mentor on AI and Work on small additions to AI of Wesnoth.
16.05.2014-15.06.2014	Work on proposed task of position analyzer.
16.06.2014-15.07.2014	Fixing of errors and solving issues

SOC Application

Submitted to google

Questionnaire

• Basics
  • Small introduction
    My name is Mohit Mangal. I am Computer and Communication Engineering majors and I am in final year of my study at The LNM Institute of Information Technology(LNMIIT), Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
  • Preferred Email Address
    mohit.mangal@lnmiit.ac.in
  • Why do you want to participate in GSOC
    I have a great passion towards game development. GSOC is providing excellent opportunity to work on popular opensource game. My motive is to get experience of working on big opensource game and I am also getting stipend for that. It is awesome opportunity.
  • Past programming Experience
    I have five years of experience of computer programming. I have done programming in C and C++. I also have fairly good experience of programming in Matlab and Pyhton. During my Engineering I have worked on number of projects in which programming in required. You can look my resume to have more information about my projects. Other than my course projects I have also done several other projects. I am very much interested in game development. Though I have only one gaming project that I can tell now ie. developed online chess for two players but in future I want to work in this area.
  • Experience
    I don't have very long experience with Wesnoth but in small period I have gained sufficient experience that I can edit Wesnoth. Till now I have done small tasks I have changed the the number of attacks that a unit can make when it is healed. I have changed the conditions when unit can attack by changing check_attack_action().
  • Communication Skills
    I am fluent in English, Hindi and Sanskrit. I also have knowledge of French but I am not very fluent in it.
  • Project
    As I have mentioned in my proposal that I will work on improvement of AI. I will develop a position analyzer part for AI of Wesnoth
  • Programming Language
    C++