Snake ML

A snake game which can be played by using a neural network.
Created as FFHS project in fall 2020 in collaboration with @ramonator00 and @SandroBuerki.

Table of Contents

1. About the game
2. Implemented AI
3. Project structure
4. How to get it

About the game

Following modes are available:

• arcade mode (classic manual gameplay)
• neural network mode (configure a neural network and see what happens)
• demo mode (trained neural network)

Additional features:

• extended statistics, available by browser via webserver
• various themes available

Available key commands:

Key	Command
UP, W	set direction of next move to 'up' (manual mode only)
RIGHT, D	set direction of next move to 'right' (manual mode only)
DOWN, S	set direction of next move to 'down' (manual mode only)
LEFT, A	set direction of next move to 'left' (manual mode only)
SPACE, ENTER	start or stop a game
V	'verbose': activate/deactivate real time statistics (neural network mode only)
P	'position': changes position of real time statistics (neural network mode only)

Implemented AI

The neural network was implemented by using a genetic algorithm.

Project structure

• ai                     here, all ai related code is in
• game                 the basic game loic
• main                 this package contains the main method (in Main.java), configuration and game mode handling
• ui                 all ui related code
• webserver         all webserver related code

How to get it

Clone the repository with:

git clone https://github.com/lpapailiou/snakeML your-target-path

For further help, click here.