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Applications Open for the RBC & Battlesnake Developer Fellowship

Applications are now open to join the Summer 2022 cohort of the RBC & Battlesnake Developer Fellowship, a collaborative initiative that supports women and non-binary developers from across Canada in taking the next step in their journey as a professional developer through Battlesnake.

How to Monitor your Battlesnake with New Relic

As anyone who has written any software knows, the next emotion you experience (after the elation of your program running successfully the first time), is mild puzzlement as you whisper to yourself "Why did it do that?" Battlesnake is certainly no exception. As your code grows in complexity, the likelihood

Introducing Battlegrounds—a new way to play Battlesnake

A new way to play Battlesnake called Battlegrounds is officially open! Battlegrounds will replace Global Arenas, which will shut down on May 31st.Battlegrounds is a recurring month-long competition where developers can enter their Battlesnakes in ladders to earn achievements and accolades. Each month, we will open up a new

NEW Competitive Season Merch has arrived!

Don't just be ready for battle, look ready for battle too with our new competitive season merch line. Now available in our store today! Limited Edition 2022 Competitive League T-Shirt With its sporty new design and right arm band decal, the star of this show is the 2o22 Competitive League

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Applications Open for the RBC & Battlesnake Developer Fellowship

Applications are now open to join the Summer 2022 cohort of the RBC & Battlesnake Developer Fellowship, a collaborative initiative that supports women and non-binary developers from across Canada in taking the next step in their journey as a professional developer through Battlesnake.

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Developer Updates

Battlesnake Developer Update - April 2022

Happy end of April everyone! For your reading pleasure, please allow me to present to you a review of what the Battlesnake team has cooked up this month. No More 1st Turn Corner FoodOne should always have a healthy suspicion of a random number generator, and while we do appreciate

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New DigitalOcean Engine Regions: Toronto, Frankfurt, and Singapore

In November 2021, Rob was able to announce an incredible new Battlesnake feature he had been working very hard on: Engine Regions. Today, we are pleased to share that he has emerged again from behind his monitors to let us know that we have expanded global coverage with new Engine

2022 Spring League Tournament Final Standings

With just over a week since the end of an exciting Battlesnake competition, we're thrilled to share the final standings from the 2022 Spring League Platinum and Elite Tournaments.

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Battlesnake Developer Update - March 2022

And just like that, March is over! Spring League 2022 has come to an end and the Battlesnake Dev team is now planning out what we can release before the next League kicks off in June. But first, let's review what happened in March! New Double-Win Tournament PlayThose of you

2022 Season

Getting Started with DigitalOcean and Battlesnake

Check out this quick start guide to help you get started with building your first Battlesnake using the DigitalOcean App platform.

2022 Season

Announcing the 2022 Spring League Tournament Brackets

Don’t miss the 2022 Spring League Tournament this Saturday, March 19th at 9am PT / 12pm ET/ 5pm CET on Twitch.

2022 Season

Spring League Leaderboard Update: Week 3 - Fan Favorites, Fast Facts and Funny Names

With three weeks of competition down the leaderboard continues to be dominated by a trio of top tier bhumbas, and the battle is on for the hearts of the Battlesnake Community in the 2022 Spring League competition. Who are the Top Tier Bhumba's of the Week?A quick glance at

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Battlesnake Developer Update - February 2022

February may be a short month, but we've managed to squeeze in some changes to Battlesnake while also enjoying all the fun of Spring League 2022 and the currently running North America vs Europe Caster Cup Series! Embracing Wrapped and Hazard Maps As was announced for the Spring League 2022

2022 Season

Spring League Leaderboard Update: A Deeper Dive into the Competition

With another week of Spring League now complete, we are getting a much clearer picture of which are the competitors to watch as the first tournament of the season fast approaches on March 19th. Who are the Top Tier Bhumba's of the Week?Despite a few more Battlesnake's entering the

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2022 Season

Spring League Leaderboard Update: Let the Games Begin!

With 10 competitors already battling-it-out in the Spring League Elite Tier, it's clear that developers were busy during the off-season preparing for an exciting start to the 2022 Competitive Season! What is the Spring League all about?For those who haven't been following Battlesnake over the past year, Spring League

2022 Season

Teams are Evolving

As we hinted in the November 2021 Developer Update, we are planning to completely redesign how we represent teams of developers on the Battlesnake Platform. Before we can introduce anything new, we need to retire the existing team system. This process will occur over a couple of phases, where functionality

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Wrapped Mode!

In preparation for the 2022 Competitive Season, we are introducing a new "wrapped" game mode! Wrapped mode dramatically expands the game board by allowing Battlesnakes to wrap from one side to side and top to bottom (and vice-versa) in a seemingly infinite loop.

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Battlesnake Developer Update - January 2022

It's been a while since our last update, mostly because of all the excitement around wrapping up the 2021 Season, and then taking a well deserved holiday break. In all honesty, we were so busy making merry at the end of the year that we forgot the December update! So

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2022 Season

Spring League and 2022 Competitive Season

It's here! The 2022 Competitive Season starts this week with a brand new game mode, a new map, and a whole new matchmaking system. We're going to detail everything you need to know to compete throughout the year, starting now with Spring League. Let's go!

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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

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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