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Galaxy FX: Prospectors

Welcome to Galaxy FX!

Year of 3009. You are an independent prospector in the outer space. The only technologies available to you are a robot explorer and JavaFX. Your goal is to collect resources scattered across the Universe. Resources are scarce, competitors are on their way. Start now!

• Watch the Demo Game
• Register
• Create Your Spacecraft
• Compete

 Game types

Duel

Two competing robot explorers are searching for resources in the same region. Who is the best one? Time is limited.

Neutral Zone

Competition between several robot explorers in the same region for a given time period.

Winner of the 1st stage

Roman Antipin (ant)
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Prize - Apple iPod Touch MP3 player.

Winner of the 2nd stage

Sergei Vakhurin (igel)
Ivanovo, Russia

Winner of the 3rd stage

Roman Antipin (ant)
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Prize - Sun Spot Development Kit

Ultimate winner

Semen Senachin (Skimmer)
Moscow, Russia

Main Prize - Laptop with pre-installed open source software

The winner will be defined by the following criteria:

1. To participate, you need to register and upload your robot explorer. One user may upload not more than 10 robot explorer' algorithms, only one of them may be marked as "Active" at a given moment.
2. Competition includes 3 stages and a final battle.
3. Active algorithm competition is held daily, as the result of it, leaders (users) will receive ranking. Rating scores are reset at the beginning of each stage.
4. Participants who get the maximum rating score at each stage, get special recognition prizes (Apple iTouch for 1st stage, BluRay DVD player for 2nd stage, Sun Spot for 3rd stage).
5. Daily competitions are held, so that all participants are in equal conditions (explorers compete on the same maps). The rules of the game don't change within each stage, but are subject to change at the beginning of each new stage.
6. Contest starts on May 1st (1st stage). The main prize (laptop) will be awarded based on the results of the final competition in July, 2009.