First NetHack bot ascension
Why Hacker News recommends it
Linked as the canonical video of the first fully automatic NetHack bot ascension in threads on NetHack and game-playing AI.
What it is
The BotHack NetHack bot wins the game for the first time with no cheats or human intervention, in a run lasting about 3.5 hours. The description links the source code and the dumplog.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2015 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Recommends fjarlq · 2015-02 · on “First NetHack bot ascension”
Video of the winning game: [this video] The author's list of milestones illustrates the key components of this achievement, as well as some limitations: [LINK] Awesome work, Jan Krajicek!
Cites bhaak · 2019-01 · on “NetHack beaten in 7 minutes 15 seconds real time”
That's why my submission [LINK] called it a "Tool Assisted Speedrun on NetHack with RNG Exploitation". :-) I'm not sure about the exact terminology. Is an ascension by a bot (like [this video] ) also as a TAS? Although you are right that the group that tried to do a TAS for NetHack (not sure what's their status) chose the MS-DOS port of 3.4.3 for ease of manipulating the RNG in memory and so getting rid of the "hidden information" part. Edit: also in a game like NetHack, there is potential for an automated tool to help the player. InterHack ( [LINK] ) was an interface layer for 3.4.3 that added lots of useful stuff, e.g. automatic price identification or wand id from engraving. Most of that has s
Cites jka · 2022-06 · on “The NetHack Challenge: Dungeons, Dragons, and Tourists (2021)”
I wasn't able to find out about that, from a quick scout around - could you share a link to it? (I did find BotHack[1] and a video of its' first ascension[2], both of which are cool) [1] - [LINK] [2] - [this video]