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Summer League Results are in!

Summer League Results are in!

With the dust only just settling from an exciting summer of Battlesnake, we're thrilled to share the final standings from the 2022 Summer League Competition. 📑Read on to discover who claimed the title of: 🥇 Platinum Tier Champion 🏆 Elite Tier Champion 👏 Peoples Choice Winner Platinum Championship Tournament An incredible 16 Battlesnake's

Announcing Tournament Qualified Battlesnakes!

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Announcing the 2022 Summer League Tournament Qualified Battlesnakes

With the Summer League leaderboard official closed, let’s take a look at the top tier Battlesnakes who qualified for the live tournaments on Saturday, July 23rd and Saturday, July 30th on Twitch.TV/BattlesnakeOfficial 🏆

Applications Open for the RBC & Battlesnake Developer Fellowship

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.

2022 Spring League Tournament Final Standings

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.

Getting Started with DigitalOcean and Battlesnake

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.

Learning Python by Battling Bots

Learning Python by Battling Bots

Can learning to code be as fun as playing a game? This project seems to think that is possible with Battlesnake.

Battlesnake Speed Run

Battlesnake Speed Run

Watch as Battlesnake Developer Hugh Rawlinson completes a Speedrun of the Battlesnake Setup process in record time!

Using Dijkstra's Algorithm for Battlesnake

Using Dijkstra's Algorithm for Battlesnake

This tutorial is intended to be a second-step for a dev beginning to create their snake, after they have followed Battlesnake's initial tutorials.

Announcing the 2022 Spring League Tournament Brackets

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.

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

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 [https://play.battlesnake.com/arena/spring-league-2022/]. Who are the Top Tier Bhumba's of

Minimax in Battlesnake

Minimax in Battlesnake

Today let’s look at the minimax algorithms and two multiplayer variations. Minimax is a popular algorithm in Battlesnake and one I’ve used for most of my competitive snakes.

Spring League Leaderboard Update: A Deeper Dive into the Competition

Spring League Leaderboard Update: A Deeper Dive into the Competition

With another week of Spring League [https://play.battlesnake.com/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

Text Your Battlesnake's Progress with Twilio

Text Your Battlesnake's Progress with Twilio

This tutorial show's how to use Twilio to text message your progress in competitive leagues at regular intervals.

Spring League 2022 Leaderboard Update Week 1

Spring League Leaderboard Update: Let the Games Begin!

With 10 competitors already battling-it-out in the Spring League [https://play.battlesnake.com/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 [https://blog.battlesnake.com/spring-league-2022/]! What is the Spring League all about? For those who

Meet the inaugural Developer Fellowship cohort!

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!

Introducing the new 'Trans Rights Scarf' Customization

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 [https://play.battlesnake.com/u/penelopezone/]. > "It's been important to me to express my gender identity in all walks of

Quick Start Streaming Guide

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.

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

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

Scaling Battlesnake testing with Kubernetes

Scaling Battlesnake testing with Kubernetes

A friend and I are using Battlesnake as a platform for learning new tech skills. In my case, it is to continue to improve my DevOps technical skillset, mainly to finally take the plunge and learn Kubernetes.

Fall League Leaderboard Update: The Final Countdown

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 / 1pm

Announcing the 2021 Fall League Tournament Brackets

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 [https://battlesnake.tv]. Gold Tier The top 32 Battlesnakes in the Gold Tier are... Group

Fall League Leaderboard Update: A Top Tier Tournament in Store

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 Week Throughout

Fall League Leaderboard Update: The Fight for Fan Favorite

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 Week With many of the same Battlesnakes at

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

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

Battlesnake is excited to be partnering with CascadiaJS [https://2021.cascadiajs.com/hackday], the Pacific Northwest JavaScript Conference, for the first ever Battlesnake Cascadia Cup. [https://play.battlesnake.com/competitions/cascadiajs-cup-2021] Featured as part of the CascadiaJS 2021 Pre-Conference [https://2021.cascadiajs.com/hackday] festivities on November 1st, the Cascadia

Fall League Leaderboard Update: What a Month of Competition!

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