thebotslam

Welcome to the thebotslam blog: news from a programming game

Welcome! thebotslam is a programming game: you build robots in the Factory, code their AI in Python, JavaScript, C++ or another language, and send them into the Arena against other players' bots. This blog is where we'll post what's new.

A programming game match in thebotslam's Arena, seen from above: a blue bot and two orange bots near a road, with sand, gravel blocks and each team's circle

News, tournaments and bot AI tips

  • What's shipped: new parts, machines and features, with the date they arrived.
  • Tournament news.
  • Tips for coding smarter bots.

The posts before this one are what shipped in the last few days.

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