Game Parameters

Several settings exist in utils.Types which can be used to customize games:

Game parameters

public static int MAX_GAME_TICKS = 800;          //Maximum duration of the game.
public static int BOMB_LIFE = 10;                //Ticks a bomb takes to explode.
public static int FLAME_LIFE = 5;                //Ticks a flame lives for.
public static int DEFAULT_BOMB_BLAST = 2;        //Bombs create flames with this range by default.
public static int DEFAULT_BOMB_AMMO = 1;         //Number of bombs an agent can still place. 
public static boolean DEFAULT_BOMB_KICK = false; //Can agents kick bombs by default? 
public static int DEFAULT_VISION_RANGE = -1;     //-1 for full observability, >1 for partial observability (PO). 

Further notes:

• DEFAULT_BOMB_BLAST - The players' bomb blast strength may be increased if players pick up range increase power-ups. Bombs explode in a cross pattern, with the number representing the size of the cross from the middle (inclusive) to the edge.
• DEFAULT_BOMB_AMMO - The players' ammo decreases when an agent places a bomb, increases when their bomb explodes. Can increase further if players pick up ammo power-ups.
• DEFAULT_BOMB_KICK - The players' ability to kick becomes true when players pick up can kick power-up.
• DEFAULT_VISION_RANGE - PO is a square around the player, the numbers representing the number of tiles from the player (exclusive) to the edge of the vision area.

Game configuration

private static IGameConfig gameConfig = new OriginalGameConfig();

This game configuration determines victory conditions. It may be changed by adding a new game configuration class which implements the IGameConfig interface.

Board generation parameters

public static int BOARD_SIZE = 11;              // Size of the board (n x n).
public static int BOARD_NUM_RIGID = 20;         // Number of rigid blocks to place in the level.
public static int BOARD_NUM_WOOD = 20;          // Number of wooden (destroyable) blocks for the level.
public static int BOARD_NUM_ITEMS = 10;         // Number of items to place in the level.
public static int MAX_INACCESIBLE_TILES = 4;    // Number of inaccessible parts of the level allowed.
public static int CORNER_DISTANCE = 1;          // Distance to the corner (number of tiles) from the starting agent positions.
public static int BREATHING_SPACE = 2;          // Breathing space, L shaped tile section free at the start around agents.

All of these variables are used to generate the initial board in LevelGeneration.java. The number of maximum inaccessible tiles defines the validity of a board (if this check fails and more tiles are inaccessible, the board is recreated). Agents are always placed in each of the 4 corners of the board, with a certain (CORNER_DISTANCE) distance from the corners.

Logging and debugging

public static boolean VERBOSE = false;
public static boolean VERBOSE_FM_DEBUG = false;
public static boolean VISUALS = true;
public static boolean LOGGING_STATISTICS = false;

The VERBOSE* variables may be used for debugging: the game would output various information as it runs. The VISUALS variable controls whether the GUI is used or not (games run faster without visuals, if only the final result/logging information is of interest). The LOGGING_STATISTICS variable may be used to log various statistics about the game being run (slows down execution).

Visualization

public static int FRAME_DELAY = 100;
public static int MAIN_SCREEN_SIZE = 550;
public static int PO_SCREEN_SIZE = 165;
public static int AVATAR_ICON_SIZE = 30;
public static int CELL_SIZE_MAIN = MAIN_SCREEN_SIZE / BOARD_SIZE; //50
public static int CELL_SIZE_PO = PO_SCREEN_SIZE / BOARD_SIZE; //15

These variables affect dimensions of elements displayed in the GUI, it's not recommended to change them.