I ported a game engine to Julia that has formations, etc and can generate minute-by-minute plays like below (with fake players): ************* KICK OFF ***************** Min. 2 :(klm) D_Donyuzi cuts the ball back to Z_Enodrewbt ... Z_Enodrewbt is one of one with the keeper, he shoots ! ... But it whistles just past the post Min. 3 :(ape) B_Ohachusy finds his way through ... B_Ohachusy with the shot ! ... GOAL !! ... ape 1-0 klm ... Min. 3 :(klm) R_Ukanyi with the dribble ... But C_Chinhooryo reads the situation well and wins the ball Min. 4 :(klm) Z_Enodrewbt takes possesion ... Z_Enodrewbt with the strike ! ... But O_Voishtato with the difficult save Min. 5 :(klm) B_Omo passes the ball to D_Donyuzi ... A vicious shot by D_Donyuzi ! ... It goes wide for a goal kick Min. 6 :(klm) Z_Enodrewbt cuts the ball back to C_Umnablobt ... Cleared by T_Eryur Min. 9 :(klm) Z_Enodrewbt cuts the ball back to D_Donyuzi ... D_Donyuzi with the strike ! ... O_Voishtato makes a difficult save Min. 12 :(klm) X_Una with a smart pass to M_Avraeshtab ... M_Avraeshtab goes for goal ! ... But O_Voishtato with the difficult save Min. 13 :(klm) D_Donyuzi with a real burst of pace ... D_Donyuzi with the strike ! ... Saved by O_Voishtato Min. 15 :(ape) A_Urte finds B_Ohachusy in the box ... B_Ohachusy shoots towards goal ! ... GOAL !! ... ape 2-0 klm ... Min. 16 :(klm) S_Brarto slides the ball across to Z_Enodrewbt ... A vicious shot by Z_Enodrewbt ! ... O_Voishtato makes a comfortable save Min. 19 :(ape) N_Noivo finds B_Ohachusy in the box ... B_Ohachusy goes for goal ! ... But L_Ryili punches it away Min. 22 :(klm) V_Chisi with the heel pass to X_Una ... X_Una shoots towards goal ! ... O_Voishtato makes a difficult save Min. 23 :(klm) V_Chisi with a flashy move ... T_Eryur wins the ball with a clear tackle Min. 24 :(klm) Z_Enodrewbt with a glorious long pass to M_Avraeshtab ... Intercepted by T_Eryur Min. 25 :(klm) Z_Enodrewbt with a smart pass to R_Ukanyi ... But C_Eja reads the situation well and wins the ball Min. 28 :(ape) T_Eryur with an ugly foul ... Shown a yellow card Min. 29 :(klm) F_Ibto plays a long ball to D_Donyuzi ... D_Donyuzi tries to chip the ball over the keeper ! ... But it whistles just past the post Min. 31 :(klm) M_Avraeshtab passes the ball to X_Una ... X_Una shoots towards goal ! ... But it goes just over Min. 34 :(klm) F_Ibto with a smart pass to D_Donyuzi ... A powerful shot by D_Donyuzi ! ... O_Voishtato makes a difficult save Min. 35 :(klm) F_Ibto with a precise pass to S_Brarto ... S_Brarto with the strike ! ... But it goes wide Min. 37 :(klm) R_Ukanyi takes advantage of a defensive mistake ... R_Ukanyi tries to beat the keeper ! ... O_Voishtato parries it Min. 43 :(klm) V_Chisi slides the ball across to M_Avraeshtab ... M_Avraeshtab tries to chip the ball over the keeper ! ... But O_Voishtato with the difficult save Min. 44 :(klm) Z_Enodrewbt cuts the ball back to R_Ukanyi ... R_Ukanyi with the shot ! ... O_Voishtato makes a difficult save The ref adds 1 min. of injury time Min. 46 :(klm) D_Donyuzi with a precise pass to X_Una ... X_Una is one of one with the keeper, he shoots ! ... But it clips the post and goes wide ************* HALF TIME **************** Min. 46 :(klm) Z_Enodrewbt finds D_Donyuzi in the box ... D_Donyuzi with the shot ! ... But it clips the post and goes wide Min. 48 :(klm) S_Brarto with the heel pass to X_Una ... C_Chinhooryo gets in the way and wins the ball Min. 54 :(klm) M_Avraeshtab heads the ball down to D_Donyuzi ... D_Donyuzi shoots towards goal ! ... But it goes wide Min. 60 :(ape) N_Noivo fouls badly ... He gets a yellow card Min. 62 :(klm) D_Donyuzi with the dribble ... D_Donyuzi goes for goal ! ... But O_Voishtato reaches the ball. Good save Min. 63 :(klm) Z_Enodrewbt heads the ball down to D_Donyuzi ... D_Donyuzi shoots towards goal ! ... O_Voishtato gathers it comfortably Min. 67 :(klm) D_Donyuzi cuts through the defense ... But D_Yiceny reads the situation well and wins the ball Min. 68 :(klm) S_Brarto with the dribble ... Cleared by D_Yiceny Min. 71 :(ape) A_Urte cuts the ball back to B_Ohachusy ... But D_Donyuzi wins the tackle Min. 73 :(ape) T_Eryur with a glorious long pass to K_Jaezew ... K_Jaezew with the strike ! ... L_Ryili makes a difficult save Min. 75 :(ape) B_Ohachusy cuts the ball back to Z_Zoest ... Z_Zoest tries to chip the ball over the keeper ! ... Wide of goal Min. 76 :(klm) D_Donyuzi finds a hole in the defense ... A powerful shot by D_Donyuzi ! ... But it clips the post and goes wide Min. 78 :(klm) D_Donyuzi plays a long ball to S_Brarto ... S_Brarto is one of one with the keeper, he shoots ! ... O_Voishtato gathers it comfortably Min. 79 :(klm) R_Ukanyi with the heel pass to X_Una ... X_Una with the strike ! ... But O_Voishtato with the difficult save Min. 82 :(ape) A_Urte with the dribble ... M_Avraeshtab wins the ball with a clear tackle Min. 84 :(ape) A_Urte cuts the ball back to B_Ohachusy ... Blocked by R_Ukanyi Min. 86 :(ape) C_Chinhooryo passes the ball to B_Ohachusy ... B_Ohachusy chases it through, he must score ! ... L_Ryili gathers it comfortably Min. 86 :(klm) V_Chisi slides the ball across to Z_Enodrewbt ... A vicious shot by Z_Enodrewbt ! ... O_Voishtato makes a good save Min. 88 :(klm) D_Donyuzi finds himself in a good position ... A powerful shot by D_Donyuzi ! ... Wide of goal The ref adds 1 min. of injury time ************* FULL TIME **************** My main purpose is to use this for machine learning (ie, choose ratings that can fit real-life stats), but it is also fully playable. That aspect can be improved if I spend time on a few other features. I am wondering if there is any interest. It would be nice to have the option to “watch” the game, or even maybe a simple (2-D) practice mode where the user can interact with their squad. I saw a couple game-dev packages but haven’t tried them out. Maybe someone could use it to showcase their package? @Sabe @Kyjor

Interesting… Want to do a reinforcement learning on it? [image] (RL) Introducing the Julia community to PufferLib Machine Learning This is not Julia-specific, but I’d like to post this anyway since I think Julia could be really good for it. Julia is a fast and easy language, which could be quite suitable for a reinforcement learning environment. Pufferlib is written in Python, which Julia interoperates with really well. Moreover, the library was written in a way that allows interaction with any environment, be it C, Rust, Go, etc, and obviously Julia. To be effective, it only requires that the environment be fast enough. …

[image] Tarny_GG_Channie: Interesting… Want to do a reinforcement learning on it? (RL) Introducing the Julia community to PufferLib To be clear, there are two aspects here. I was imagining this as a package for benchmarking optimization algorithms, but it is only missing a few bells and whistles to be fully featured as a game. To finally answer your question: RL could possibly be used to fit the ratings, and to improve the AI for auto-teamsheet/tactics selection before each match. So that would be very interesting.

That’s pretty cool! At the moment, to implement something like this seems like it would be pretty complex, and I don’t have the bandwidth for it. If you’d like to implement it yourself, I can definitely offer support though!

Thanks, do you think even a highlight reel (that looks like a playable 2D game) would be a lot of effort?

Yeah, sadly I think so :confused: . But like I said, I would definitely support you if you end up trying to pursue it using JulGame. There’s still a lot of work I need to do on the engine and games I want to make with it. This is something I would be interested in down the line, and hopefully doing some reinforcement learning with live simulations will be easy in the engine eventually :slight_smile:

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Interesting…

Want to do a reinforcement learning on it?

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