Battlesnake Blog

Meet the inaugural Developer Fellowship cohort!

While we officially welcomed these amazing developers to the Fellowship back in 2021, before the 2022 competitive season kicks off, we wanted to formally introduce them to the community in the most Battlesnake way possible: through their spectacular sense of humour!

Announcements

Introducing the new 'Trans Rights Scarf' Customization

We are incredibly excited to announce the launch of our newest community customization, the "Trans Rights Scarf" Battlesnake head, created in collaboration with Fall League People's Choice Award Winner penelopezone. "It's been important to me to express my gender identity in all walks of my life since I came out.

Announcements

Announcing Playback Settings

We're so excited to introduce our new Playback Settings which lets you configure and persist common playback settings for all your games.

2021 Season

Quick Start Streaming Guide

This guide will walk you through one way to get your first Battlesnake livestream running, using Twitch as the streaming service and StreamYard as your broadcasting studio. In addition to a Chromium based browser, you will also need: A free StreamYard AccountA free Twitch AccountIf you do not

Developer Updates

Battlesnake Developer Update - November 2021

November has seen the completion of some larger projects the dev team has been working on, and we are all really pleased to finally be able to share them with you. That's a wrap on Fall League 2021!A huge congratulations out to all the participants of the 2021 Fall

Announcements

Announcing Engine Regions

Are you playing Battlesnake from outside of North America? Today we're releasing a beta feature that could make your Battlesnake faster, and local testing much easier. We've heard from many in the community that running a Battlesnake server locally is challenging when you're located far away from our main infrastructure

2021 Season

Get Started with Live Coding using our new Quick Start Guide!

We're thrilled to announce the release of our new brand new "Quick Start Streaming Guide", an easy-to-follow tutorial to help you get started with live coding Battlesnake as a new streamer. TLDR. Using only your browser, free web-based software and built-in peripherals, you can start live coding today! In this

2021 Season

Fall League Leaderboard Update: The Final Countdown

With too many awesome Battlesnakes to be contained into just a single stream, this Saturday we saw what it take to be a Gold & Platinum Tier competitor as Top Tier Bhumbas battled it out to see who'd make it to the finals next Saturday, November 20 at 10am PT

2021 Season

Announcing the 2021 Fall League Tournament Brackets

With the leaderboard officially closed, we are excited to share which Top Teir Bhumbas have qualified for the 2021 Fall League Tournament starting this Saturday, November 13th at 10am PT / 1pm ET on Battlesnake.TV. Gold TierThe top 32 Battlesnakes in the Gold Tier are... Group ABattlePolar by Dr. Polar

Recaps

Fall League Leaderboard Update: A Top Tier Tournament in Store

With 6 weeks of competition behind us and only 2 weeks to go, we are getting a much better idea of what to expect in the Fall League finale—and it looks like it will be a Battlesnake tournament for the record books! Top Tier Bhumbas of the WeekThroughout these

2021 Season

Fall League 2021 - Competition Update

There are only two weeks left in the Fall League competition and everyone is looking forward to the tournaments starting on November 13th! Important Dates!November 12th - 12pm PT / 3pm ET / 8pm UTC 🧊Competitive Ladder freezes November 13th - 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm UTC 📺 Live Broadcast - Gold

Recaps

Fall League Leaderboard Update: The Fight for Fan Favorite

As the number of competitors continues to rise, and the fight for fan favorite heats up, new Top Tier Bhumbas begin their quest for Fall League supremacy and a place in the Competitive Tournaments beginning November 13th. Top Tier Bhumbas of the WeekWith many of the same Battlesnakes at the

Developer Updates

Battlesnake Developer Update - October 2021

Fall League continues to take centre stage at Battlesnake, and with all the thrills, spills, and streams happening in relation to that, we've squeaked in some fun new details and quality of life improvements. New battlesnake.tv urlNothing has changed under the hood, and our Twitch channel BattlesnakeOfficial is the

2021 Season

Prepare for Battle: The 2021 Battlesnake Cascadia Cup is almost here!

Battlesnake is excited to be partnering with CascadiaJS, the Pacific Northwest JavaScript Conference, for the first ever Battlesnake Cascadia Cup. Featured as part of the CascadiaJS 2021 Pre-Conference festivities on November 1st, the Cascadia Cup is an opportunity for Battlesnake Developers new and old to have some fun while competing

2021 Season

Fall League Leaderboard Update: What a Month of Competition!

As the number of competitors continues to grow, and the battles get even more exciting to watch, it's hard to believe there is only a month of competition left until the exciting conclusion to 2021 Fall League and what is sure to be an incredible Royale Tournament. Top Tier Bhumbas

2021 Season

Fall League Leaderboard Update: Setting the Stage for an Incredible Tournament

With just over a month of competition left to go, and more than 250 developers competing for the title of Fall League Gold, Platinum and Elite Champion, potential tournament brackets are already beginning to present themselves as competition heats up in the final weeks of the 2021 competitive season 🔥 Top

2021 Season

Fall League Leaderboard Update: The Lead Widens

With 2 full weeks of competition now behind us, twenty more snakes registered for competition, and just over a month of epic Battlesnake action left to go, Top Tier Bhumba's continue to solidify their place on the Fall League leaderboard while also leaving plenty of room for newcomers and fan

2021 Season

New Training Program Challenges

This week we released some updates to Battlesnake Challenges, including a new set of Training Program Challenges!

Developer Updates

Battlesnake Developer Update - September 2021

We are now well and truly into Fall in the northern hemisphere, as marked by the traditional seasonal change of what Battlesnakes are chompin' on. The time has come for them to slither towards their favourite seasonal spiced beverage, which became available at the opening of the 2021 Fall League

2021 Season

Fall League Leaderboard Update: One Week Down, Six To Go.

With one full-week of Fall League competition now complete, including the first episode of Snake Pit Live! and the return of the Casters Crown , we thought it was the perfect time to check out the leaderboard and see which Battlesnakes have risen to the top and which are competitors to

Announcements

Let the battle begin for the 2021 Battlesnake: KubeCon Cup

Battlesnake is excited to be hosting the first ever KubeCon Cup – a chance for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2021 attendees to roll up their sleeves, cozy up with their favorite cloud stack, and build a web server to compete in real-time against developers all over the world. Kicking-off with a

Announcements

Fall League 2021 - Competition & Tournament Details

Fall League 2021 begins tomorrow, September 24th at 12:00 pm PDT! As always, we're making some changes to the competitive ladder and tournaments to address concerns, incorporate feedback, and hopefully build on the Battlesnake league format :) We love hearing your ideas to make Battlesnake Leagues better and more fun

Announcements

Battlesnake Raises $1.5M to Build eSports for Developers

Today, the Battlesnake team is excited to announce $1.5M in funding to build gaming and eSports for developers.

2021 Season

Getting started with Mojave for Development & Debugging

What is Mojave?Mojave is a desktop game board and development / debugging tool for Battlesnake. It aims to bring an immersive "arcade" style experience to the game, with crisp neon visuals, an electrifying soundtrack, and a high amount of customizability. Where can I get Mojave?You can download Mojave from

Developer Updates

Battlesnake Developer Update - August 2021

I'd like to start by extending a warm welcome to our newest Battlesnake Developers, Rob and Sherri, who both joined the Battlesnake team this August! Rob is an old-school Battlesnake player, and the original author of the Chicken Snake, a Hall-of-Fame Battlesnake from the annals of time. Sherri, while relatively