My username works for me. Not many people know me by "The Ghoul", lol. If you're interested, I'll be uploading more pokemon music to my 4shared today or tomorrow.
Making an AI is certainly an interesting challenge. That "learning" part sounds fascinating, and I'd like to know how your friend intends to do something like that (as a concept, not the literal code).
Have fun with your exams. I look forward to hearing from you. Your questions have been more substantial (and therefore useful) than most other people's.
How are you doing the Maps sizes? Sliced? For example the bottom part of Route 1 on one map and the top part on another or a whole map for each map file?