Didn't you think the last time you played your favorite online game that it would be cool to automate it somehow? Be honest: you did. Because it makes lots of sense: why waste precious time making routine actions that any bot could perform equally well? Why should you manually enter the game daily just to get a reward if a script could do this for you? No more wasting time on dumb movements even a child can do. We, grown-ups and programmers, can do much better.
So this is a MMO RTS game which not only allows scripting, but moreover, it's a game wholly about scripts!
In Screeps, each player writes an actual AI in JavaScript (or another language using transpilers) which controls the play. By managing resources, base, and units, you fight for dominance in the gaming space inside a single, huge, persistent real-time universe. However, instead of traditional manual point'n'clicking, you build a bunch of scripts which controls everything without your direct interference. Your units continue living their lives even as you are offline.
Units, base, mining resources, territory control, economy, manufacturing, transporting, logistics, trading – all the attributes of a real strategy game which you need to program on par with other players.
The link: http://www.screeps.com
What do you guys think about this idea?
