The name of the game
Beyond the relatively elementary games discussed above, simulation competitions involve more elaborate setups. In this section, we will briefly discuss those. The first example is Halite, defined on the competition page (https://www.kaggle.com/c/halite) in the following manner:
Halite [...] is a resource management game where you build and control a small armada of ships. Your algorithms determine their movements to collect halite, a luminous energy source. The most halite at the end of the match wins, but it’s up to you to figure out how to make effective and efficient moves. You control your fleet, build new ships, create shipyards, and mine the regenerating halite on the game board.
This is what the game looks like:
Figure 12.6: Halite game board
Kaggle organized two competitions around the game: a Playground edition (https://www.kaggle.com/c/halite-iv-playground-edition) as well as a regular Featured edition (https:...
