Chrome Dino Automation

• This project automates the Chrome Dino game.
• It is a basic Robotic Process Automation (RPA) project, which detects change in pixel color in a specific location to make the dinosaur jump or duck accordingly.
• It uses simple image processing to detect cacti and pterodactyls.
• I'm using a program to automate the game so it might violate Google's Terms of Services, I don't have any idea regarding this.
• It even broke my record of 832 by 1044.

Video

• The following video shows the game play of this program.
• I made this video using my phone as a proof that no one is pressing any key.
• Sorry for the poor video quality.

Dino.Automation.mp4

Technologies\Modules used

1. pyautogui: For pressing up & down keys.
2. PIL: For taking screenshot and using that data for further image processing.
3. time: For a 3 second sleep, so that user get the time to switch the programming window to Chrome Dino tab.

Working

• Initially, the program is in a sleep of 3 seconds so that user can shift to Chrome Dino tab. After that it'll press the up key to start the game.
• Then it countinously takes screenshots (the screen pixel values in greyscale) in the background and passess that data to isColliding() function.
• isColliding() funciton checks in those two areas that the pixel value is equal to 172 or not.
• If cactus area has a pixel value of 172 then it returns 1, if bird (pterodectyl) area has a pixel value of 172 then it return 2, else None.
• For 1 it presses up key for 2 it holds down key for 0.3 seconds.

You can also see these boxes by uncommenting the code in if __name__ == "__main__". I found those boxes values using that code by hit and trial approach, I'm using the values that most suits for me.

Usage

• Open the Chrome Dino game, there is no need of going offline for this you can also open the game by searching chrome://dino in the browser.
• Run the script.
• Switch to the Chrome Dino game tab.
• Enjoy the show!

Note

• These coordinates or boxes that I used will only work for my laptop, they won't work for any other monitor or screen.
• Use the hit and trial approach and commented code to find the values that most suits you.