Resources
Links will help create, understand, and optimize code, strategy, and other areas of Corewar.
Redcode / Tutorials
The beginners' guide to Redcode
- Great guide to Redcode by Ilmari Karonen.
Redcode 94 Reference
- A handy reference guide to 94 syntax.
94 Redcode Standard Paper
- Annotated 94 standard draft.
Dewdney's Articles
- How Corewars began by A. K. Dewdney.
Corewarrior Articles
- Corewarrior article repository by various authors.
Community
rec.games.corewar
- Corewar newsgroup.
irc.koth.org #corewars
- IRC channel for Corewar players. Come visit us!
Simulators / Optimizers
pMars - Classic Unix/Windows core simmulator.
CoreWin - Windows core simulator with very nice interface by Chip Wendell.
fMars - The fastest core simulator program by Michal Janeczek.
PyCorewar - A super fast Python based core simulator (BETA version) by Fluffy.
optiMAX - Benchmarking program written in PERL by Sascha Zapf and Christian Schmidt.
Benchmarks
Wilkies - Wilkies beginner benchmark by John Wilkinson (JKW == John?).
WilMoo - WilMoo intermediate benchmark by David Moore and John Wilkinson.
WilBez - Improved version of Wilkies benchmark by ?.
WilFiz - WilFiz Advanced benchmark by Fizmo.
Miscellaneous
Corewar Step Sizes
- Paper explaining the mathematics of step sizes by Steven Morell.
Corewar Lexicon - Large list of strategy and terminology pages.
Corewar FAQ
- A good list of FAQ for Corewar by Anton Marsden.
