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Actions & Abilities

Every tick, each of your bots can perform upto one action and/or one movement.

Move + Action

Action is performed at the final location of the bot after accounting for collisions.

Energy & Scrap Costs

Energy Costs

Bots consume energy for movement and actions.

  • Base Movement Cost: 2 energy per move.
Ability Traversal Modifier (per move) Action Cost (on use)
Harvest +0 1
Scout +3 0
Self-Destruct +0.5 0
Speed Boost +0.5 1
Poison +0.5 2
Lockpick +1.5 0
Shield +0.25 0
Deposit +0 1

Scrap Costs

Base cost to spawn a bot is 10 Scraps. Adding abilities increases the cost:

Ability Scrap Cost
Harvest 8
Scout 8
Self-Destruct 6
Lockpick 6
Speed Boost 8
Poison 7
Shield 7

Actions

Your bots can perform the following physical actions on the board:

Move

Bots can move in cardinal directions: NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST. There's an additional NULL direction which is especially useful when the bot does not have to move but perform an action.

  • Energy Cost: Base cost 2 energy + cumulative ability traversal cost per move.
  • Speed: 1 tile per tick.
  • Associated Ability: SPEEDBOOST (Doubles speed, reduces energy cost).
Movement Example 
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from seamaster.constants import Direction
from seamaster.translate import move

def act(self):
    # Move North
    return move(Direction.NORTH)

Harvest

  • Action: HARVEST
  • Requirement: Must be on top of an algae tile or in one block radius.
  • Effect: Removes algae from board, adds +1 to inventory.
  • Energy Cost: 1 Energy.
  • Associated Ability: HARVEST (Required to perform action).
  • Warning: Harvesting Poisonous Algae kills the bot instantly.
Harvesting Example 
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from seamaster.constants import Direction
from seamaster.translate import harvest

def act(self):
    # Move + Harvest (Adjacent Tile)
    return harvest(Direction.NORTH)

Deposit

  • Action: DEPOSIT
  • Requirement: Must be within range of a Bank you own.
  • Effect: Starts a deposit timer (50 ticks). Upon completition, the algae is permanently deposited to the player owning the deposit.
  • Vulnerability: While depositing is instant, the bank is vulnerable to lockpick attempts.
  • Associated Ability: Harvest (implied, as you need to harvest to deposit).
Banking Example 
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from seamaster.translate import deposit

def act(self):
    # If we are at a bank we own, deposit
    if self.ctx.is_at_bank():
        return deposit(None)

Self-Destruct

  • Action: SELFDESTRUCT
  • Requirement: Ability.SELF_DESTRUCT
  • Effect: The bot explodes, destroying itself and all bots (friend or foe) within a 1-tile radius (3x3 area) without an account for the bot movement.
  • Energy Cost: 0.5 Energy.
  • Associated Ability: SELFDESTRUCT (Required to perform action).
  • Counter: Shield ability.

Lockpick

  • Action: LOCKPICK
  • Requirement: Must be in one block radius of a Bank undergoing deposition for 10 ticks.
  • Effect: Steals the deposit.
  • Associated Ability: LOCKPICK (Required to perform action).

Lockpick

Lockpick is immediately canceled upon leaving the one bot radius or death.

Lockpick Example 
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from seamaster.translate import lockpick
from seamaster.constants import Direction

def act(self):
    # Move adjacent to bank and start lockpicking
    return lockpick(direction=Direction.WEST)

Poison

  • Action: POISON
  • Requirement: Bot must be within 1 block radius.
  • Effect: Turns the algae into Poisonous Algae.
  • Energy Cost: 2 Energy.
  • Associated Ability: POISON (Required to perform action).
Poison Example 
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from seamaster.constants import Direction
from seamaster.translate import poison

def act(self):
    # Move South and poison the algae there
    return poison(Direction.SOUTH)

Passive Abilities

Passive Abilities provide permanent boost/upgrades.

Scout

  • Description: Reveals the is_poison status of all algae within a 2-tile radius (Manhattan radius).
  • Note: Without this ability (or proximity), algae status remains "UNKNOWN". Only bots with the Scout ability can distinguish Poisonous Algae from Safe Algae. Global vision gives you coordinates, but scouting gives you safety.

Shield

  • Description: Passive protection against damage.
  • Effect: If hit by a SELFDESTRUCT or other damage, the shield breaks instead of the bot dying. The bot loses the Shield ability but survives.
  • Side Effect: Shield increases movement energy cost by 0.25.