My Mario bot navigates through levels automatically. My solution utilized the A* algorithm and the simulation technique.

This is my senior project. I got the initiative to start this project thanks to Robin Baumgarten's YouTuve video. In my solution, I took the same approach as Robin did, which was using the A* algorithm together with the simulation technique I also reused his physics engine (LevelScene) to run simulation. Although I didn't contribute anything new to the solution, my biggest achievement were to fully understand how the simulation technique dramatically enhance the performance of A*. This led me to an important realization: AI is not just about an algorithm, it needs something else to complement the algorithm, such as the simulation technique in this case.

Follow this to accees my code MarioIS_final_version/src/competition/cig/dungpham/Simulator.java

Thanks for your support! Please contact me at phamd1989@gmail.com if you have any questions.