Zappy

Zappy is a network-based survival game where teams of AI-controlled players compete on a shared map, gathering resources and coordinating rituals to level up. It's a project made up of three parts: a game server, a graphical client, and an AI client.

• Server — hosts the game world, manages players, resources, and rules.
• GUI — visualizes the game in real time.
• AI — connects to the server and plays the game autonomously, forking itself into a full team.

Quick Start

Open 3 separate terminals and run:

Terminal 1 — Server:

./Server/zappy_server -p 4242 -x 20 -y 20 -n team1 -c 6 -f 100

Terminal 2 — GUI:

./zappy_gui

Terminal 3 — AI (launch ONE, it self-replicates to a full team of 6 via forking):

./Ai/zappy_ai -p 4242 -n team1 -h localhost 2>&1

The server starts the game, the GUI visualizes it, and the single AI process forks itself into 6 players that gather resources and elevate together.