Release 3.0.2

Release notes

• Fixed incorrect scoring values on buildings being removed
• Fixed over-damage scoring from Tesla Tower strikes
• Fixed threading problem for Haskell bots.

Visualizer

• Implemented the "dlweatherhead/entelect-challenge-2018-visualiser" into folder structure.
  • Source code here

Release 3.0.1

Release notes

• Fixed incorrect Iron Curtain stats in state file
• Activating the Iron Curtain now gives a small score to the owner
• Added details for visualizers to display Tesla Towers and Iron Curtains correctly

Release 3.0.0

Release notes

• Added The Iron Curtain 🛡️
  • Protects you against all missiles and Tesla Tower strikes entering your base
  • Costs 100 energy to activate
  • Lasts 6 rounds
  • Only available every 30 rounds (Use it or lose it)
• Price changes
  • Tesla Tower build cost reduced to 100 energy

Release 2.0.3

Release notes

• Fixed Tesla Tower weapon cooldown timer running at double speed
• Tesla Towers will now damage the enemy even if there are no enemy building in the way
• Fixed player being awarded points when hit by an enemy Tesla Tower

Release 2.0.2

Release notes

• Fixed version numbers for game-engine that didn't propagate Tesla tower fixes to the starter-pack

Release 2.0.1

Release notes

• Fixed Tesla tower issues
  • Damage to player calculated incorrectly
  • Player score not being allocated
• Fix missile speed to move at 2 cells per round

Release 2.0.0

Release notes

• Added the mighty Tesla Tower 🗼
  • An end-game building that does massive damage to enemy buildings in a single strike, but is extremely expensive to build and maintain.
  • It can damage the enemy's health pool if built on the front line
• Added Deconstruct command to remove your own existing buildings ✖️
• Added a new starter bot
  • Scala
• Fixed missile movement to process in a predictable manner
• Improved console output to no longer flicker/scroll along while displaying the map. It now displays the map frame-by-frame

Release 1.1.3

Release notes

• Fixed missiles damaging adjacent buildings when moving at speeds of more than 1 cell per round
• Added explanation of archive structure for bot uploads ReadMe

Release 1.1.2

Release notes

• Added new languages support
  • LISP
• Added maxRounds property to the gameDetails in state.json and textMap.txt. This is the maximum number of rounds that the match can last.
• Added roundIncomeEnergy property to the gameDetails in state.json and textMap.txt. This is the amount of energy that a player will receive by default every round.
• Added speed property to the missiles in state.json and textMap.txt. This is the amount of cells that a missile will move in one round.
• Game balancing changes, including increasing missile speed.
• Changes to scoring points.

Breaking Changes

• map size has been has been increased to a width of 16 cells and height of 8 cells.
• C++ and LISP starter-bots are inoperable for the time being due to these changes.

Release 1.1.1

Release notes

• Added new languages support
  • Haskell
  • Golang
  • PHP
• Added new config setting game-config-file-location. This is the path to the game-config.properties file that is used to set various game-engine settings such as map size and building stats.
• Added new config setting verbose-mode. This can be set to false to avoid map output, increasing console performance.
• Added buildingsStats property to the gameDetails in state.json. This gives players more information about each building type they can construct.
• Fixed various minor bugs.

Breaking Changes

• buildingPrices has been deprecated in favour of the buildingsStats property of gameDetails.