Release 2025.2.0

Entelect Challenge 2025 Releases
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We have just released version 2025.2.0! This version introduces a few new features and mechanics that we hope will spice things up for T2! As always, you can find the latest release on GitHub, but please see below the release notes:

2025.2.0 - Power ups & new mechanics!

:broken_heart: Breaking changes

  • Added new bot action
    • UseItem, with value 5
  • Added new cell contents for the power ups
    • PowerPellet = 5
    • ChameleonCloak = 6
    • Scavenger = 7
    • BigMooseJuice = 8

:star2: New features

  • Power ups!
    • Power pellet - a large pellet that is worth 10 times more than a normal pellet
    • ChameleonCloak - Makes you invisible to the zookeeper for 20 ticks
      • Beware! If you bump into the zookeeper you will still get caught
    • Scavenger - for 5 ticks you slurp up all pellets in an 11x11 area around you
    • Big Moose Juice - for 5 ticks, multiplies the value of all pellets you pick up by 3
  • Score streaks!
    • For every consecutive pellet you pick up, you gain a streak multiplier, that increases the value of every pellet you pick up.
    • This caps out at x4, and not picking up any pellets for 3 ticks will reset it
  • Multiple zookeepers!
    • Up to 4 zookeepers will spawn throughout the game, presenting an additional challenge!
  • Pellet respawning
    • Pellets will respawn throughout the course of the game, allowing more chances for a comeback
  • New and improved run script!
    • You can now pass arguments for finer control over game engine execution
      • --refbots <x> will connect x reference bots to the game engine
      • --maxticks <x> will set the maximum ticks the game can run for
      • --tickduration <x> will make each tick last x milliseconds
      • --map <mapstring> allows passing a custom map string
      • --seed <seed> specifies a seed used in randomisation
      • --full-logs enables full logging (disabled by default)
      • --diff-logs enables differential logging (disabled by default)
  • Visualiser can now make use of game log files

:lady_beetle: Bugfixes

  • Optimised game tick processing to prevent ticks from exceeding duty cycle, and therefore dropping player commands
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