08.CodeRulerRedux Code Ruler Results

I implemented version 2 of my Code Ruler code alone. The link to the code is below:

CodeRulerRedux Implementation

After looking through The Elements of Java Style book along with our own standards, I modified and implemented code that adheres to the Java coding and documentation standards. As far as strategy for the actual game, I saw an interesting for loop in Jianfei Liao and Jon Lao's code that heavily influenced my own method for capturing enemies as a group. It looked around for enemies that were next to each individual knight and captured them as it came across them. That seemed to work much better than the method I had come up for capturing all enemies in a particular grid area. Also, I saw that they went after castles first and then after enemies, which was different from my code because I just went after the nearest enemy. After modifying my code to capture castles first, I noticed that it was much more effective than just capturing the nearest enemy. I also learned from Michal and Chiao-Fen Zielinski's code that you could actually control what type of unit (knight or peasant) your castle produced, so I immediately modified my code to take advantage of this discovery!

Version 2 of my ruler dominated Migrate Ruler, Gang Up Ruler, and Split Up Ruler. The results of tests are shown below:

Version 2 Test Results:

My Ruler vs. Migrate Ruler

   1: 982 - 0     W

   2: 984 - 0     W

   3: 988 - 0     W

My Ruler vs. Gang Up Ruler

   1: 877 - 120   W

   2: 914 - 86    W

   3: 931 - 66    W

My Ruler vs. Split Up Ruler

   1: 904 - 64    W

   2: 869 - 116   W

   3: 898 - 94    W

The results were much better than my previous results (shown below) because I went 9-0 instead of 5-4 and the scores were much more consistent in that I consistently won by a large amount. It seems that my currently strategy works with all types of rulers whereas my previous strategy struggled with Split Up Ruler. Overall, I think the biggest difference between Version 2 and Version 1 is that Version 2 controls the unit production much, much better than Version 1 and my capture strategy is much more effective now that I go after castles first and capture any enemy next to my knights.

Version 1 Test Results:

My Ruler vs. Migrate Ruler

   1: 934 - 0     W

   2: 958 - 0     W

   3: 936 - 0     W

My Ruler vs. Gang Up Ruler

   1: 812 - 98    W

   2: 641 - 526   W

   3:  36 - 600   L

My Ruler vs. Split Up Ruler

   1: 157 - 635   L

   2: 356 - 485   L

   3:  86 - 627   L

From this assignment, I learned proper Java coding and documentation standards, gained a better understanding of Eclipse, and learned the value in looking at other people's code. I think all three of these lessons will prove to be tremendously valuable as the semester goes on.