mwcz
commented
8 years ago Until someone creates a really smart dangerous bot, I actually think it's really cool! It seemed like the Reddit guy who created the bot just really liked the game and wanted to explore and learn. I kinda think it's awesome if people want to hack on the game (as opposed to "hack the game").
But yeah... I think my opinion on that will change if these two things are both true:
- We have global leaderboards
- Bots become smart enough to effectively capture players too
A "food bot" won't be able to compete and would be a nice juicy target, exactly like the AI we've talked about adding.
Jared-Sprague
We need a way to detect and kick bots if possible. Someone already created one and I saw it first hand and it works. It moves directly between the nearest foods, like a dot-to-dot. At least he said he was creating a bot here: https://www.reddit.com/r/webgl/comments/48as2n/zorbio_webgl_multiplayer_eatemup_game/