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agentsteal

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The Incredible Machine solver
« on: December 24, 2008, 03:44 AM »
I always wanted to make a distributed computing project that would use brute force to find interesting solutions to puzzles from The Incredible Machine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Machine).

I found a Flash clone called The CCL Game: http://www.cclonline.com/pc/hardware/software/thecclgame/ccl_winter_game.swf

There are 10 levels to brute force.

I made a .swf file client that can be distributed. It tests tile arrangements that my server sends it and reports back whether it was a solution. However, it isn't ready to be released as a distributed computing project because it isn't optimized or secured and my server can't handle the project.

Is there anyone here with experience in creating distributed computing projects who would be interested in helping me get this project running?

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Re: The Incredible Machine solver
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2008, 08:56 AM »
I'm afraid I can't offer the help you're requesting but I thought I'd just say that it sounds cool!

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Re: The Incredible Machine solver
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2008, 09:10 AM »
Extremely cool.. i'm interested to hear more about how you went about doing the distributing computing project.

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Re: The Incredible Machine solver
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2008, 07:24 AM »
what language are you coding it in? sounds like a great idea
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Re: The Incredible Machine solver
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2009, 03:34 AM »
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« Last Edit: March 11, 2009, 06:40 PM by agentsteal »

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Re: The Incredible Machine solver
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2009, 02:53 AM »
I have finally finished coding this project! Anyone who is interested in participating can download the C client. A detailed description of the project and the download link can be found here: http://agentsteal.dcmembers.com/

Any feedback or suggestions are appreciated.

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