Snake like on the Nokia 3310! But this time you program your own Battlesnake and let it make decisions on it’s own to beat each level.
During the WHY2025 camp, there are two Battlesnake events planned. There is a Battlesnake Tournament, in which you can compete with other Battlesnakes. But what if you don’t have one? To solve that, I’ve organized a workshop to dive into the basics and create the participants a Battlesnake for the tournament!
This workshop is from level 0 to how far we get. What you need to know to participate, is some JavaScript or Python (the workshop is not about learning these languages, but guidance on the Python route will be given). You only need a laptop with internet. We will create a local environment to host your Battlesnake code and create games.
During the workshop we will build together a basic Battlesnake which is able to complete some levels of achievements. At the end of the workshop, you will be able to bring your Battlesnake to the tournament, which is in the same tent, right after the workshop!
After WHY2025, you can keep programming your Battlesnake to complete more levels. There are even online competitions you can participate in.
The presentation can be found here, handy to have this open as we need to copy some command line codes and URLs during the workshop: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1X9k_HOxaj7kuv9qr-zu_ZHfN0qTf6fr99LmDa4riH1Q/edit?usp=sharing
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