I used to play Toribash a long time ago and had forgotten all about it. More recently I have been working on neural networks and the idea hit me to try to evolve a neural network to play toribash. The outputs for the network are pretty clear. 20 two bit outputs to control the joints then two single bit outputs for the states of the hands. What remains unclear is what inputs I should use. I was hoping a bot maker could help fill me in on what the bots typically take into consideration when making their moves. Additionally I could make the AI evolve much quicker if I could speed up the animation time or even run it without the animations at all. Would that be possible with toribash or will I have to settle for the normal playback speed?