BattleSnakeArena

A modified, terminal based, Battle Snake arena to bypass servers and have complete control.

Requirements

• Python3
• A few packages for Python3 that you probably already have

Test Snakes

This repository comes with a few snakes for testing.

battleJake2019

This was my snake entered into Battle Snake 2019.

battleJake2018

This was my snake entered into Battle Snake 2018.

simpleJake

A snake that only knows how to not hit walls and other snakes but has a good smell for food.

hungryJake

A snake whos top priority is to "get that brunch".

Adding Your Own Snake

Adding your own snake is simple! Your snake just needs to be written in python3.

1. Make a quick modification to your snake in the "move" function. (Don't worry, it can still function as a server)

def move(data=None):
    if not data:
        data = bottle.request.json

2. Add your snake to the snakes file (snakes.py)

Import your file and make a dictionary in the SNAKES list to tell the arena about your snake.

Running A Game

There is a command line interface for running games through battleSnake.py. For help run:

python3 battlesnake.py -h

Running A Single Game

"Run a game with the snakes battleJake2018 and battleJake2019"

python3 battlesnake.py -s battleJake2018 battleJake2019

Running Many Games Without Board Output

"Run 10 games without board output at 100% speed with battleJake2018, battleJake2019, simpleJake, and hungryJake"

python3 battlesnake.py -g 10 -b -sp 100 -s battleJake2018 battleJake2019 simpleJake hungryJake

Why?

• Speed: Run 100s or 1000s of games, in parallel, to gather training data, assess your changes or test your snake
• No Server: Take as long as you want to respond, save that $$$ on server costs
• Debugging: See your console debugging realtime printed between game states, rerun games with the same seed