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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

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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

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

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!

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.

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Battlesnake on Go Time Podcast

Battlesnake's very own Brad Van Vugt sat down Jon Calhoun and Mat Ryer on Go Time, a Golang-centered podcast from the team at changelog.com.

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Battlesnake at McHenry County College

Highlights from McHenry County College's competition for high school students interested in programming.

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Introduction & Battling with BattleSnake

Battlesnake Developers Praveen Kumar & Karuna Tata introduce their YouTube audience to Battlesnake.

2021 Season

What an Incredible Start to the New Competitive Season!

It is hard to believe that it has already been two weeks since the end of the 2021 Spring League, and while the team is already busy…