We find the programming challenge of game-playing bots to be fascinating. Take a look at this Python bot which plays Burrito Bison all the way through (video after the break). This is a totally ...

he wrapped the game’s ROM data into py65emu, a Python library emulating the 6502, the CPU that drives the NES. By adding a simple wrapper around the emulator’s memory handler that tracks reads ...

Free tools like Unity, Python with Pygame ... Imagine code as a conversation between the creator and the game. Every line is a simple command, like teaching a friend the rules of tag.