APP ENGINE LADDER IS NO LONGER RUNNING
as of May 2016, the dmangame-hrd instance is no longer running on appengine. (see the news post for more info)
app engine support
dmangame has support for google app engine built in. this allows you to run as many games as you want in parallel and then browse their results through a web UI.
by default, it is configured to run games on my app engine instance. it is on the latest (and possibly later) code from github and contain the latest AI from dmanai/.
if you you’d like to have your AI run on my app engine instance, see the instructions on how to submit an AI to dmanai in the more AI section.
running on app engine
use the -a or --app-engine flag when running main.py to
run the game with the specified parameters on the app engine
instance specified in app.yaml.
setting up your own app engine instance
edit app.yaml and replace “dmangame-hrd” as the application
name with your own application name. This lets main.py know
which URL to post the game parameters to.
uploading to app engine:
python /path/to/google_appengine/appcfg.py update dmangame/
notes & caveats
memory limit
when running on app engine, there is a 200 - 300MB hard limit, so some games may not run if they grow beyond the correct size.
code freshness
the code uploaded in the appcfg.py update step is the code that is being run, so if you modify your AI you need to re-upload the code.
the typical flow is to work on your AI and test it locally, and when ready to see results in larger quantities run the update step.