Genetic Algorithms for Build Orders

[Lloren]

http://lbrandy.com/blog/2010/11/using-genetic-algorithms-to-find-starcraft-2-build-orders/
(posted on Slashdot)

Only really cool in the first 2-minutes of the game, but still significant as this is arguably the most important time in the game.

 

[Shinigami Naruto]

i had seen that build 2 days ago, and havn't had the heart to try it vs some poor unsuspecting player yet XD

 

[inkelis]

3 zergs have tried this or a similiar build on me. Thor's win.

 

[Lloren]

3 zergs have tried this or a similiar build on me. Thor's win.

This is so true. Brian (Thanks for the shampoo!) has a very fast mech build which I can't figure out how to counter... at all. Alot of it has to do with my noobness, but the mech is brutal against the zerg.

 

[DannyMeister]

I'm a lot more interested in the genetic algorithm than this one build it found. The thread that article links to doesn't mention any more non-conventional build orders this thing has produced.

Two of my favorite genetic algorithm screensavers:
Electric Sheep
breveCreatures

 

[Mostly_Harmless]

Any time lloren! I love to test experiment things on your zerg. I will rub more shampoo in your zerglings eyes if you let me

 

[Bowser]

This I find to be really interesting. I wanted to program something similar, to find the most efficient means for a BO. Except in my program it wouldn't actually do it for you lol, it was basically just an economical and time calculator, and you would be able to tweak it to leave out one SCV, or change the build a tad, to improve efficiency.

 

[Lloren]

The program is amazing. I have been playing around with some different builds on it. The problem is that it takes so much practice for each build.