What's the next step for TOS? A match simulator for soccer management games.

During the last few days on the mailing list, we've had very interesting discussions about developing TOS to a match simulator for soccer management games.

Vincenzo is going to make a list of changes to TOS, so he can use it in his soccer management game.

It's a great idea! TOS is simple, small, pure java, it can be run as an applet in a browser. Considering most of the soccer management games run on web, this is a perfect fit.

The current available open source match simulator for soccer management games are:

esms manual
http://www.eofa.org/
http://esms.eofa.org/

Vincenzo plans to implement:

• Add to the player personal capabilities influencing how he plays (ie force, energy, velocity and so on).
• Let players send the ball not only on the ground but also in the air, that is to add altitude and rise velocity and accellaration to the ball
• Modify the kick action as well to manage ball rising
• Manage this new feature of the ball to decide who have the ball and who can kick it

In order to keep TOS as a great simple tool for AI education and research, we will try out best to keep it as simple as possible during this new round of development.

I'm looking forward to these new soccer management features.