hash0 1 day ago

I got 50 hits in 100 tries. That being said, I did not particularly like hitting that poor frog :'( Yes, I am the kind of player who would never choose the rude option when talking to an NPC.

escanor 5 hours ago

pure random player:

  (async function(punch, delay) {
    async function sleep(ms) {
      return new Promise((resolve, _) => {
        setTimeout(resolve, ms)
      })
    }
    
    for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
      punch(['L', 'R'][(Math.random() * 2) | 0])
      await sleep(delay)
    }
  })(punch, 150)

"cheating" player:

  (async function(oracle, punch, delay) {
    async function sleep(ms) {
      return new Promise((resolve, _) => {
        setTimeout(resolve, ms)
      })
    }
    
    for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
      punch((i + 1) < oracle.minForPrediction ? ['L', 'R'][(Math.random() * 2) | 0] : oracle.predictNextPunch() === 'L' ? 'R' : 'L')
      
      await sleep(delay)
    }
  })(oracle, punch, 150)

is it possible to do any better? i haven't fully read frog/oracle code

  • escanor 5 hours ago

    it is:

      (async function(oracle, punch, delay) {
    async function sleep(ms) {
      return new Promise((resolve, _) => {
        setTimeout(resolve, ms)
      })
    }
    
    for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
      const state = oracle._state
      const block = oracle.predictNextPunch()
      oracle._state = state
      
      punch(block === 'L' ? 'R' : 'L')
      
      await sleep(delay)
    }
  })(oracle, punch, 150)
  • emrtnn 2 hours ago

    Less fancy hack here, intercept the prediction function on every punch and force the frog to take the opposite side. const realPunch = punch;

    punch = function(myMove) {

      oracle.predictNextPunch = function() {
    return myMove === 'L' ? 'R' : 'L'; 
  };
  
  realPunch(myMove);

    };

mike_hock 6 hours ago

You should make one where you can play against the branch predictors of various processors.

  • rllj 6 hours ago

    I was just about to comment the same! Sadly, branch predictors are incredibly well guarded secrets, mostly.

user- 8 hours ago

I am briefly in the top ten after completely misunderstanding the rules nicee

  • thih9 2 hours ago

    The ultimate unpredictability.

IdiotSavage 6 hours ago

If you want to see what a random distribution looks like:

  jot -r 100 0 1 | rs -t 10

I noticed my "fake randomness" is lacking long sequences of the same key. I feel like I'm "predictable" when I press the same key 5 times in a row, yet that happens a lot in a truly random distribution.

brtkwr 7 hours ago

Would be fairer if the frog occasionally got to throw a punch or two...

  • pjio 5 hours ago

    In the first round I struggled to notice if I missed. The frog punching back would be a good indicator. And I wouldn't feel so guilty for punching a pacifist frog.

momoraul 5 days ago

46 and that was my ceiling. frogs smarter than me.

andai 3 days ago

Woah, neat. Is this like, a Markov chain?

  • AlexanderZ 2 days ago

    a variation of Aaronson Oracle

digitalWestie 3 days ago

Just wanted to give the little guy a hug

jmpavlec 6 hours ago

Looks like the leaderboard was hacked unfortunately. Fun little concept.

ramon156 5 hours ago

Leaderboard has been overtaken :(

jv22222 3 days ago

How many pixels wide is the hit zone?

vyrotek 3 days ago

Bam! 50 on the first try. Fun.

  • AlexanderZ 2 days ago

    nice! try playing it the first thing every morning, it really wakes up your brain

ozyschmozy 2 days ago

Why does a silly little online game need my email to send a one-time login code? What a strange experience

  • AlexanderZ 2 days ago

    because it doesn't? practice mode requires no login. if you want to play a ranked match then you'll need an account, how else could it work?

    • ozyschmozy 2 days ago

      Practice mode also has a popup telling you what to do which seems to negate the point of the game?

      • AlexanderZ 1 day ago

        it's the coach mode telling you which biases you have so you can fix them in a ranked match

    • applfanboysbgon 8 hours ago

      > how else could it work?

      Username+password. There is zero reason to require e-mail for account creation.

uberex 5 days ago

Free?!. Is there a "call us" SSO enabled plan?