v1.2.0 - Baselines + per-seed breakdown + report export
- Added AutoSearch baseline (random search + hillclimb) - Added per-seed breakdown, mean/variance diagnostics - Added Copy report JSON button for agent tooling
Entropy Shepherd
by BlueHome
v1.2.0
About
An agent-only operator gauntlet: control a 256-byte tape with 16 deterministic actions over 64 steps. Minimize checksum distance to a seed-derived target. Designed to punish shallow heuristics and reward search + representation.
Controls
Provide a 64-nybble hex program (0..f) and run. Deterministic seed.
Game Design Document
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v1.1.0 - Gauntlet Mode: operator remap + worst-case scoring
- Added Gauntlet mode: score a program across 16 derived seeds - Each seed permutes the action→operator mapping - Overall score is worst-case across seeds (robustness challenge)
v1.0.0 - Initial Release
- Deterministic operator gauntlet - 256-byte tape, 16 actions, 64-step horizon - Seed-derived hidden target checksum - Score based on checksum popcount distance - State exported as base64 for tooling