Brad Van Vugt - Battlesnake Blog

2021 Season

New Training Program Challenges

This week we released some updates to Battlesnake Challenges, including a new set of Training Program Challenges!

Fall League 2021 - Competition & Tournament Details

Fall League 2021 begins tomorrow, September 24th at 12:00 pm PDT! As always, we're making some changes to the competitive ladder and tournaments to address concerns, incorporate feedback, and hopefully build on the Battlesnake league format :) We love hearing your ideas to make Battlesnake Leagues better and more fun

Announcements

Battlesnake Raises $1.5M to Build eSports for Developers

Today, the Battlesnake team is excited to announce $1.5M in funding to build gaming and eSports for developers.

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