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herbertpython 0.0.1a3

Herbert is a game I first saw in the Imagine Cup 2008 Algorithm Invitational.
The game requires you to solve a series of levels by writing small programs to
control a robot named Herbert. The simpler and more elegant your solution, the
more points you get.
It challenges your ability to see patterns and create algorithms to produce
those patterns.
Here’s my clone of Herbert.

Enjoy!

Installation
To install, simply use pip (or pipenv):
$ pip install herbert

Usage
To run herbert you need a level to solve and a program, that you
write, that attempts to solve the level.
Suppose the level is stored in level.txt and that you wrote and saved
your solution in sol.h. Then, you’d run herbert as follows:
$ herbert level.txt sol.h
It will open a curses
based text user interface that allows you to run your program against the level
to determine if it solves the level and how many points your solution is worth.
N.B. The data/example
directory contains an example level along with 3 attempted solutions to the
level. You can use it to help you understand how the game works.
An overview of the game
A level consists of empty spaces (.), walls (*), white
(w) and gray (g) buttons, and a robot (u means the robot
is facing upwards, r means the robot is facing towards the right,
d means the robot is facing downwards, or l means the robot is
facing towards the left).
N.B. You can find an example level here.
On each level there are some white buttons. To solve a level you must press all
the white buttons. Your goal then is to program Herbert, in a language called
“h”, to press all the white buttons while avoiding obstacles such as walls and
gray buttons (walls block Herbert’s path and gray buttons reset any previously
pressed white buttons to their unpressed state).
You are only allotted a certain number of “bytes” (a unit of program size) per
level. Your program must use no more than this number of bytes.
Points are awarded for each white button pressed, a bonus is awarded for solving
the level, and extra points are awarded for solutions that use less than the
allotted maximum number of bytes.
The “h” language
It is a simple language that contains statements, procedures with zero or more
parameters and recursion. Check out the tutorial here
to get a better understanding of the language.
You can find examples of the language in use here,
here
and here.
Challenge
Try to solve the following levels (see data/levels):

Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5

Development
Recommended tools:

pyenv
pipenv

Clone the repository and install the dependencies:
$ git clone git@github.com:dwayne/herbert-python.git
$ cd herbert-python
$ pipenv shell
$ pipenv install --dev
You’re now all set to begin development.

Testing
Tests are written using the built-in unit testing framework, unittest.
Run all tests.
$ python -m unittest
Run a specific test module.
$ python -m unittest tests.test_interpreter
Run a specific test case.
$ python -m unittest tests.test_interpreter.ExamplesTestCase.test_example10

Resources

Herbert Programming Challenge by Wild Noodle
Herbert Online Judge
uHerbert