Hello RisingShadow

I talked about Wumpus, I think you are right and you wanted:

to add self-preservation, learning, or forms of strategy. I answered

Strategy you learn by acting, self-preservation is a strategy also so again acting and then learning.

And so it's an integration of acting, learning an applying knowledge.
Learning and in the same time applying and extending the knowledge, like humans do.

I was a little bit playful, because the memories of Wumpus. I added some new ideas for your game as well, inverting the rules, switch between them some time and more things.

You are path finding in 2 dim. 3 dim is more difficult.

Suppose now you are one of the bots.

1. How would you react in general
2. what knowledge do you use then
3. with what knowledge do you extend
4. how go you integrate the knowledge
5. do you act and learn in the same time?

How can you simulate this.

When we look at your game then in humans there's no much difference between learning and functioning.

I think in our actual life that learning functions in a more protective environment.

I know this is a little top-down reasoning, from questions to realization, but maybe it gives you ideas.

Ed van der Meulen