Welcome
Welcome to the official website for Galactic Arms Race (GAR). GAR is both a multiplayer online video game and a research experiment in automatic content generation driven by player preferences. Unique game content, namely spaceship weapon systems, automatically evolves based on player behavior through a specialized version of the NEAT evolutionary algorithm called cgNEAT (content-generating NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies). In particular, new variants of weapons that players like will be continually created by the game itself. In this way, the game never stays the same. GAR is the first video game to demonstrate that critical content can evolve as the game is played to satisfy its players.
For an idea of what the game is like, think "Space Diablo", with real-time combat, cool particle system weapons, and RPG-style leveling and skill trees.
Best Paper Award at CIG09
The GAR conference paper won Best Paper award at the IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Games (CIG09).
GAR Multiplayer Server Stats
We have implemented a live stats tracking system for the GAR Official 32 player server where you can check your progress offline. Check it out on the stats page. Note that there is a permanent link on the menu bar to the left on this page.
GAR Slashdotted
Read the full article here.
There are several more articles about the game on the media page.
GAR 1.2 Updates and Screenshots
A full list of planned features for GAR 1.2 is available in this forum thread. Here's some screens of planet ring and new explosion graphic effects.
