Len Payne
lenpayne
Backstory
I am the CTO of a software company that builds tools for food banks and other hunger relief organizations. I was introduced to BattleSnake through a post on the Canada.ai Slack. Seeing a competition that pits people to code against each other, that helps benefit Food Banks Canada? That's awesome. I grabbed some of my team and we started building a Snake in our spare time out of PHP scraps and gumption. It went... okay. Stay Home and Code (SHAC) came and went, and we... well, we participated.
Since SHAC, I built a new snake framework in a different set of technologies (still PHP, just not the same bits of PHP.) It's smarter, and I've had a lot of fun with the Summer League challenges. But it's still not doing any ML/DL/RL of any kind. We're sticking to decision trees and A* algorithms along a graded map. It's put the snake in a higher tier, but not quite battling for supremacy with Pruzze yet.
Technologies
AWS Go PHP
Joined April 7, 2020
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Snake tweaked specifically to take on challenges.
Private
PHP
Friendly
Huggable
AWS
Latency
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Snake built with Swoole and PHP. Uses a graded map and the A* algorithm for pathfinding.
Private
Squads
PHP
Clueless
AWS
Latency
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Second deployment of my primary snake. Designed to be second-fiddle in squad games.
Private
Squads
PHP
Classy
AWS
Latency
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We made this in PHP in our spare time in the two weeks leading up to Stay Home and Code. It is 100% decision-tree based, and learns nothing. Dumb as rocks, and a little old school. Built in Amphp for the HTTP layer, because we felt Symfony was overkill for an API.
Private
PHP
AWS
Latency
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We made this in PHP in our spare time in the two weeks leading up to Stay Home and Code. It is 100% decision-tree based, and learns nothing. Dumb as rocks, and a little old school. Built in Amphp for the HTTP layer, because we felt Symfony was overkill for an API.
Private PHP AWS
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"Bless the Maker and His water. Bless the coming and going of Him. May His passage cleanse the world. May He keep the world for His people." -Frank Herbert
Private
PHP
Hungry
AWS
Latency
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Built in Go, designed to use the Official Rules to determine next movesets.
Private
Go
AWS
MinMax
Latency
Open Source
Spring League 2021 Participant
1 year, 4 months ago
Spring League Bronze
1 year, 3 months ago
Spring League Silver
1 year, 3 months ago
Spring League Gold
1 year, 2 months ago
Spring League Platinum
1 year, 2 months ago
Spring League Royale Bronze
1 year, 3 months ago
Spring League Royale Silver
1 year, 3 months ago
Spring League Royale Gold
1 year, 2 months ago
Spring League Royale Platinum
1 year, 1 month ago
Fall League Participant
1 year, 5 months ago
Next36 Participant
1 year, 5 months ago
Summer League 2021 Participant
1 year ago
Summer League Bronze
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Summer League Silver
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Summer League Gold
11 months, 1 week ago
Summer League Platinum
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Spring League 2022 Participant
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Stay Home Participant
1 year, 5 months ago
First Snake!
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Training Complete
2 weeks ago
Into the Arena
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Going Pro!
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Winter Classic 2020 Participant
1 year, 5 months ago
Summer League 2020, Elite Top 10
1 year, 5 months ago
Summer League 2020 Participant
1 year, 5 months ago
Training Program: Avoid Walls
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Training Program: Avoid Yourself
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Training Program: Find Food
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Training Program: Avoid Other Battlesnakes
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Survive 100
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Long Snake 10
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Long Snake 30
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Long Snake 40
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Fall League 2021 Participant
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Fall League Bronze
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Fall League Silver
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Fall League Gold
7 months, 1 week ago
Fall League Platinum
6 months, 2 weeks ago
These are only the unlockable customizations. To see the customizations available to everyone, go here.
Battlesnake Heads
alligator
chomp
comet
football
happy
iguana
jackolantern
lantern-fish
mask
missile
moto-helmet
moustache
orca
pixel-round
pumpkin
rocket-helmet
snail
sneaky
space-helmet
villain
viper
whale
crystal-power
do-sammy
Battlesnake Tails
alligator
comet
fish
flame
football
ghost
iguana
ion
leaf
missile
offroad
pixel-round
pumpkin
rattle
rocket
shiny
skinny-jeans
snail
swirl
swoop
tire
virus
crystal-power
do-sammy
Arena Standings
Duels 2022 (Beta)
19th
Darktooth
11,780
%
5,998
5,782
Latest Round
+8
+130
100
55.0%
55
42
Duels 2022 (Beta)
31st
Shai-Hulud
11,792
%
5,990
5,802
Latest Round
+1
+30
100
51.0%
51
48
Global 2022 (Beta)
29th
Darktooth
11,798
%
2,980
8,818
Latest Round
-4
-42
99
21.21%
21
78
Global 2022 (Beta)
28th
Shai-Hulud
11,829
%
2,993
8,836
Latest Round
+4
+5
98
24.49%
24
72
Royale 2022 (Beta)
17th
Darktooth
11,553
%
2,931
8,622
Latest Round
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-13
100
24.0%
24
74
Royale 2022 (Beta)
14th
Shai-Hulud
11,564
%
2,942
8,622
Latest Round
+6
+91
100
31.0%
31
68
Favorite Games Beta
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Mega Royale #3 - 26-Jun-2021
Royale mode, 8 Battlesnakes, 25x25 Board, 190 Turns -
Mega Royale #2 - 26-Jun-2021
Royale mode, 8 Battlesnakes, 25x25 Board, 250 Turns -
Mega Royale #1 - 26-Jun-2021
Royale mode, 8 Battlesnakes, 25x25 Board, 278 Turns