All you need is a web server that responds to the Battlesnake API.
Compete in Leagues and see how your code stacks up against other developers. Compete for prizes and bragging rights.
View docsAnyone with beginner-level coding knowledge can have fun with Battlesnake. The ability to increase its complexity is endless.
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âWhat strategies will you use? Minâmax? Flood filling? Path finding? Machine Learning?Itâs dealer's choice.
Mess around with that new language youâve been thinking about. Try that algorithm you heard about on a recent podcast.
Battlesnake is your outlet to learn and try something new.
With only 500ms to make a move, youâll be pushed to write performant code.
Collaborate with others. Many choose to open source their Battlesnakes.
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"Competitive programming sucks. Like actual, CS term competitive programming. I went to a few competitions. And it's just boring in comparison.
With Battlesnake is just so much more fun. There's the visual aspect to it as well. And it requires you to do real engineering things to make it happen."
"Itâs very approachable from someone, regardless of your skill level, because it can get as complicated as you make it."
"As an engineer, I have the desire to stay current on whatever it is. Day-to-day, I donât get as much hands-on programming, Iâm doing more architecture. I want to help myself level up in a safe space. I can even make my code public. "
"The part that really hooks me is the reverse API thing. Where the Battlesnake engine calls your server. It's unlike other types of games where you upload code to somebody else, they run it and youâre always restricted, having to structure your code in a certain way or use a certain language.
Whereas it calling a server that you host, leaves it completely open-ended to how you implement it."
"I had to learn PowerShell for work, and I was like, "I'm going to use Battlesnake to learn PowerShell". So I wrote a PowerShell starter snake. And yeah, it's just a great, a great, primer to learn stuff."
"My 3 year old daughter loves the live shows! Every time we watch Battlesnake she yells 3⊠2⊠1⊠BATTLESNAKE along with the shoutcasters. She loves cheering for Demifemme and Pruzze because theyâre her favorite colors!"
"It's almost like a sandbox. You can use it to learn a new language if you want, that's very approachable. Or you could take the language you know, do very well, and add other things around it. Deploy it, CICD, whatever you need to do."
"Itâs fun, because you can actually see it in action. Thereâs so many things you can do with it, because itâs so open-ended."
Mine's a heuristics snake. It's not doing tree search or anything like that. So it's interesting to see people adopting that strategy, because obviously it's the winning strategy. It's interesting to see how far I can get without doing that. And competing with computers because there's a lot of funky logic in my snake. It's just interesting to see how far it gets.
Developers from all over the world are using Battlesnake to learn and explore new tech.
