README.md

flappy-bird-cnn

🐦Build a controlled neural network to allow an ai to win every time at flappy bird 🐤

Getting Started

1. Install Python 3.x (recommended) 2.x from here

2. Install pip3 if it is not already installed

   sudo apt-get -y install python3-pip

3. Install pipenv

   sudo -H pip3 install -U pipenv

4. Initialize the submodule

   git submodule init

5. Update the submodule to make sure it is the using the most latest pull on your local environment

   git submodule update

Run the Application

1. Install the python packages from the Pipfile

   cd FlapPyBird
   pipenv install

   If you are having trouble with running the pipenv install command check your python version, because the FlapPyBird project will only run with python 3.7. To change version you can update your alternatives

   $ python3 --version
   Python 3.8.0
   $ sudo apt-get install python3.7
   $ sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.7 2
   $ sudo update-alternatives --config python3
   There are 3 choices for the alternative python3 (providing /usr/bin/python3).
   
   Selection    Path                Priority   Status
   ------------------------------------------------------------
   0            /usr/bin/python3.7   3         auto mode
   1            /usr/bin/python3.6   1         manual mode
   2            /usr/bin/python3.7   3         manual mode
   * 3            /usr/bin/python3.8   2         manual mode
   
   Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 2
   update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/python3.7 to provide /usr/bin/python3 (python3) in manual mode
   $ python3 --version
   Python 3.7.5

   Then re-run the installation command. Note you might need to reinstall pipenv after changing your python version to an alternative

2. Run the project's virtualenv

   pipenv shell