April 2009 DnB Pulse

Just uploaded a fresh new Drum and Bass mix.  I’m really starting to like this genre…!

Caustik – April 2009 DnB Pulse [ Download MP3 ]

01 – Alix Perez – Melanie (Original Mix)
02 – Break – Out Of Nowhere (Original Mix)
03 – SpectraSoul – Alibi (Break Remix)
04 – Logistics – Toy Town (Original Mix)
05 – High Contrast – Basement Track (High Contrast Upstairs Downstairs Remix)
06 – Alix Perez – I’m Free (Original Mix)
07 – SpectraSoul – Organiser (Original Mix)
08 – TC, Jakes – All About Featuring TC (Original Mix)
09 – Jakes – Warface (D Minds Remix)
10 – Utopia – Fast Forward (Original Mix)

autoblitz + source code

Since some folks have expressed interest in trying this bot for themselves, I decided to share the source code and binary 🙂

It’s not perfect, but you can tweak the source code (for example, changing how long rp_thread::sleep() is called, and where), and probably get some better performance. If you’re up for a challenge, you can also try to improve the code that decides on the next move! (if you do, it’d be great if you shared the changes!).

Anyway, here is the zip file. [ autoblitz-export.zip ]

The binaries are in the export directory. You will be asked for a “hWnd” (window handle), which can be found using the program “Spyxx” which comes with visual studio.

Game playing AI bot

Every once in a while a silly idea grips you and you decide “Screw it, I’m going to do it”.

That happened with me with a game called Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook. My friends online have been competing for high score for the past few weeks. I got to thinking…”How hard would it be to write a program to automate playing this game..?”.

This is the result of that question. It took a few days at a few hours per day. Probably about 6 hours combined time. Right now the bot is able to play pretty well. It can do better than I can most the time (although my high score currently beats the bot’s high score). With some improvements, I expect that will dramatically change.

Anyway, here’s a video of the program in action.

Update:

The autoblitz bot just scored 258,400.

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Electronica Track: “Jaunt”

Jaunt

Here’s my latest attempt at a completed electronica track. This one is named in honor of a nice weekend of snowboarding.It’s always nice to mark a vacation by creating a custom track or DJ mix, so in the future when listening to it, you are reminded of all the fun you had on the trip. This one was put together using some very nice instrument loops by Jody Wisternoff, who is one of my favorite producers.

[ Download MP3 ]