bonzAI brawl is an AI game programming contest where you'll be asked to design and code a client/server game. The story for the game will be released the day before the competition, and contestants will be given the client API at orientation on the day of the contest.

Teams of 1 to 3 contestants will be given 8 hours to code their AI client for the game. After coding ends, the AI's are pitted against each other, one on one, in a double elimination style tournament, otherwise known as...THE BRAWL!!!

GRAND PRIZE: $150 awarded to the team that wins THE BRAWL!
Door Prizes (awarded throughout the day): lots of cool stuff from thinkgeek.com.

Registration Deadline: March 20, 2009
Registration Fee: $10 per person, payable at the competition

This includes:

• Breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Pop and snacks all day
• A kick-a$$ bonzAI brawl t-shirt

Registration is open to students of all majors and schools, however priority will be given to MTU CS students in the event of an overflow.

bonzAI brawl will be held in Room 113 of Rekhi Computer Science Hall, Michigan Tech University. Click here for directions to MTU, and here for a map of campus. Rekhi is building #28.