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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!

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.

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

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

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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.

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

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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

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

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

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Using practical reinforcement learning to defeat your friends

Google Cloud Vertex AI + Battlesnake: Using practical reinforcement learning to defeat your friends

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

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Entering the Battlesnake arena

A short time ago I started learning to program in Rust. Therefore, I’m looking for new toy projects to train my Rust programming skills.

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Kittenbot KOI et Battle Snake

Pour CALM #55, je vous propose de l'électronique de chez Kittenbot et un jeu où il faut coder.

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Calling All Women Developers – Applications for RBC Battlesnake Developer Fellowship Now Open

Are you a woman in tech who wants to network, gain new skills, and put them to the test in a fun and friendly environment? The RBC Battlesnake Developer Fellowship might be for you.

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Battlesnaking with Adam

I recently discovered a super-cool online code-gaming platform and super talented coding community called Battlesnake.

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 women, 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

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 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