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2021 Season

Introducing the RBC & Battlesnake Developer Fellowship

We are excited to announce the launch of the RBC & Battlesnake Developer Fellowship, an exciting new initiative from RBC and Battlesnake aimed at recognizing and supporting female, female-identifying and non-binary developers across Canada in launching the next stage of their Battlesnake journey. Recipients of the inaugural Fellowship will gain

2021 Season

Announcing the 2021 Summer League Tournament Brackets

With the Summer League leaderboard official closed, this weeks update is all about which of the Top Teir Bhumba's have qualified for the live finale tournament this Saturday, July 31st at 10am PT / 1pm ET on Twitch. Gold TierThe top 32 Battlesnakes in the Gold Tier (earned at least 5000

Updates

Starter Project Updates

At Battlesnake, our mission is to make it fun and accessible for anyone to become a better programmer, and with that in mind, we've spent some time in updating the Battlesnake Starter Projects, which is an important and common first step for most Battlesnake developers. Updates to the Starter Projects

2021 Season

Summer League Leaderboard Update - Week 6

With more than 500,000 games played and closing in on 1,000,000 points earned, the quest for the title of 2021 Summer League Champion has never been tougher as we quickly approach what is sure to be an incredible tournament on July 31st! Current Top Tier BhumbasIf you

2021 Season

Summer League 2021 - Tournament Structure

The Summer League 2021 tournament will be split into three divisions, each based on a tier from the Competitive Ladder: Gold , Platinum and Elite. The tournaments will use the Royale game mode, just like the ladder, and effort will be made to create 4-Battlesnake throughout all stages of the tournament,

2021 Season

Summer League Leaderboard Update - Week 5

Sitting only 3 registrations away from an all-time record of 500 Battlesnake Developer participants, the quest for the Summer League crown has never been tougher, with what is sure to be an amazing tournament in store for July 31st. Current Top Tier BhumbasAfter a short hiatus following some devastating Spring

2021 Season

Summer League Leaderboard Updates - Week 4

After a full month of competition, check out who is leading the Summer League leaderboard and who are the Battlesnakes to watch as the competition continues to heat up!

Builds

Controlling a Battlesnake with a Webcam, Replit, and Your Face

Facesnake was originally coded live on Twitch by Brad & Joe. This past spring on Coding Badly, Joe and I, for whatever reason, challenged ourselves to build a camera-controlled Battlesnake. The result was "Facesnake" – a Battlesnake controlled in real-time using your face and webcam. This post outlines how we built

Updates

Battlesnake Developer Update - June 2021

June brought the launch of Summer League and our first competition with a focus on the royale game mode. While the launch of the new league drew most of the focus for the team in June, we managed to squeeze in a few new features and improvements for the Battlesnake

2021 Season

Summer League Leaderboard Updates - Week 3

After three weeks of competition, check out who is leading the Summer League leaderboard and who are the Battlesnakes to watch as the competition really heats up!

2021 Season

Summer League Leaderboard Updates - Week 2

After two weeks, who is leading on the 2021 Summer League leaderboard and who are the Battlesnake's to watching moving in to week 3 of the competition?

2021 Season

Subscribe to the New Battlesnake Community Calendar

We are excited to announced the launch of the Official Battlesnake Community Calendar, a Developers one-stop-shop to discover all the happenings around the Battlesnake Community.

2021 Season

Welcome to the 2021 Summer League ☀️

With the record-setting 2021 Spring League now firmly entrenched in the history of Battlesnake, we are thrilled to announce the launch of our next phase of the 2021 competitive season - the Summer League!

2021 Season

It's Go Time for Battlesnake!

Did you know the Battlesnake Game Engine is built in Go? Well if you didn't, that exactly the reason we were recently invited to be featured guests on Go Time, a Golang-centered podcast from the team at changelog.com.

2021 Season

Battlesnake Developer Update - May 2021

A lot of work in May was centered around improving the Battlesnake experience for new users and the new challenge system. Challenges!We have completed a total overhaul of the Challenges system to make it a more intuitive and flexible feature of the Battlesnake Platform. The leaderboards have been removed

2021 Season

Battlesnake Developer Update — April 2021

April saw the end of Spring League and the first event of the 2021 Battlesnake Competitive Season. On the development side a lot of work went into support the event and the two great tournaments that closed down Spring League. Before Summer League starts, we are focusing on a variety