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I Simulated 38,612 Countryle Games to Find the Best Strategy

https://stoffregen.io/posts/countryle/
14•st0ffregen•1d ago

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st0ffregen•1d ago
I reverse-engineered Countryle and simulated 38,612 games to find the best strategy. Using entropy and geographic data, I discovered the best starting country and built a bot that solves the game in 2.85 guesses on average.
moss_dog•44m ago
Great read! Thanks for sharing.
Tepix•13m ago
Nice read, but it seems that his headline is wrong because he still has room for improvement.

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I Simulated 38,612 Countryle Games to Find the Best Strategy

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