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Subject: Re: What is the thinking game that gives programmers more money?

Author: Geo Disher

Date: 04:49:14 06/09/02

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On June 07, 2002 at 14:53:37, Uri Blass wrote:

>I guess that today programmers earn less from chess programs relative to the
>past because of the fact that computers are too strong.
>
>I guess that today it is possible to earn more from go programs than from chess
>programs but I have no idea if I am right?
>
>Am I right in my guess?
>If not then what is the thinking game that can help programmers to get the most
>money from it(I do not consider things like building a better interface but only
>the engine)?
I would call the "thinking games" strategy games and some of the current games
like Microsoft Age of Empires II:Conquerors and Civilization III make a great
deal of money.  The only problem is that you need a large team of people to
design such programs.  It is interesting to note however that these games
constantly get negative feedback about how poorly they play.  Currently they
just give the computer speed advantages to make up for the lack of
"intelligence" in these human vs computer games.

Anyway if you could work on one of these projects and do the computer logic you
could probably make good money.



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