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Asked: 2026-05-27T03:26:50+00:00

I would like to code an script that would with some trial and error

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I would like to code an script that would with some trial and error method learn to play QWOP game, that is available at Flash format on Internet (more information on QWOP). I found out there are some challenges on it:

  • The program is available on Flash and I don’t know how any Script (I am planning to use JavaScript) could use virtually its UI, it means to send the appropriate key strokes to the game UI.

  • I know Java Script is not the easiest language to master and especially there are challenges on such a complicated coding aim as Artificial Intelligence.

My question is what would be the best tool or language with which I could make this quite funny experiment in practice?

*For those who don’t know, QWOP is a game, where a character is supposed to run a 100m run with manual instructions for leg movements given with keys Q, W, O and P.

**The game is stated to be very hard to master with normal human intelligence, and thus it seems to be ideal for some artificial intelligence testing. Similarly interesting than inventing an AI chess player towards human intelligence.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Look, even assuming your bot works at a slow 2Hz frequency, it will have to make 42t choices in a game lasting t seconds. If you want to learn just the first 5 seconds of the game, you will need 2 months to try all the possibilities.

    In terms of implementation, the best way to go would probably be to reverse the game and make your own Flash app that would cycle combinations using the same algorithm. This way, you don’t have to wait for the game to play out in real time and skip all the trouble with input simulation and output detection.

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