11/29 Class Notes

Daniel: If there's something really valuable out there, and getting of the boat may give you some minor penalty, you shouldn't just stay on the boat

We ran on Lochness:

G6 - We have each player explore, left to right, then get stuck on the right. (6000, then -3000 after penalties)
G4: We are using the isnork, but not acting upon it. (3000)
G5: (Neha) - We have some big bugs with handling messages (-71000)
G1: 9000 points. They used the isnork to send messages, but not listen
DFed: Our snorkelers return home after they see everything
Dan: Actually, might be wise to stay out to help spot things
Lauren: But if there's a very high risk of danger, and not much to track, you should go home
G2: (John) - We go home early also. Sending out junk messages for the seaweed, shouldn't be bothering. 11,000 pts
G3: (David) - We use the isnork right, and we do a spiral exploration
G7: We are not using the isnork either. -13,000


G5 Happy trials:
G1: 3050. Mostly random wandering
G2: 3850.
G3: 4300
G4: 2645
G5: -(a lot). Still stuck in random pairs
G6: Still stuck on the right. -9150
G7: 3065

What have we learned?

John: There's a really steep penalty for not making it back on the time. Should we raise it?

We're changing it completely so that if you don't make it back to the boat, your entire score is DSQ'ed

Dan: Is there a "par" for each map?
Yes... 3 of every creature happiness

Eva: We are using huffman coding
Blake: We are sending this as numbers in base 26. 4 or fewer creatures fit in 2 chars, more fit in 3
DFed: You don't need to send the position if you know that the player is always following

EPK: How many divers you have is a very important variable when determining what to follow
Flavio: You need to follow at a distance to make sure you don't get hurt

Nitin: It can be really difficult to handle very dangerous creatures.
John: We should focus on board coverage
Daniel:

For Weds:
Send AND receive messages (and act on them ;))
Everyone gets back to the boat
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