Tutorials

Twelve Thursdays. Every tutorial ends with a number you produced, and this page is the list of them.

Read what each week leaves you with, top to bottom, and you have the course. Every one ends with a five-minute quiz that asks for the number you just measured.

0125 February 2027
Three predictions
the measuring instrument
You leave with three predictions, each with a number, a unit and a run count
024 March 2027
One headless run
the measuring instrument
You leave with wall time of one simulated run, in ms
0311 March 2027
A player with reaction time
is it me
You leave with wins out of 15 for a perfect player and for a delayed one
0418 March 2027
How many runs
the measuring instrument
You leave with the run count you will quote from now on, and the smallest difference you will claim with it
0525 March 2027
Step one number
is it me
You leave with wins out of 51 and median survival at six evenly spaced values of one constant
061 April 2027
Take one away
is it the game
You leave with wins lost out of 51 when each of seven cards is banned
0722 April 2027
Size a gate
is it the game
You leave with the health in hp of a boss that stops players holding fewer than ten upgrades
0829 April 2027
Break the game
is it the game
You leave with median survival and wins out of 51 for three degenerate strategies
096 May 2027
Find the ceiling
the measuring instrument
You leave with spread of your metric between best and worst build, against its spread between two seed sets
1013 May 2027
Play it
the measuring instrument
You leave with the number of findings from ten minutes of play that no simulation of yours could have produced
1120 May 2027
Three kinds of player
is it me
You leave with the share of 51 runs that gets past each boss, for three players of different skill
1227 May 2027
Defence rehearsal
the verdict
You leave with one constant, its old and new value, and wins out of 51 before and after