Battlesnake Java Starter Project

An unofficial Battlesnake template for Java users, written in Go.

If you'd like to use repl.it to run your Battlesnake server, click the link below and press "fork" on the top right.

Run on Replit

Run Your Battlesnake (Repl.it)

To start your Battlesnake, press the "Start" button at the top of your repl.it server!

You should see the following at the top right of your repl.it app:

{"apiversion":"1","author":"","color":"#888888","head":"default","tail":"default"}

Run Your Battlesnake (Local)

To start your Battlesnake, run the following command (requires Golang and Java installed):

javac Main.java && go run ./server

You should see the following output once it is running

Running your Battlesnake at http://0.0.0.0:8000

Open localhost:8000 and you should see

{"apiversion":"1","author":"","color":"#888888","head":"default","tail":"default"}

Verbose mode

To output the board layout at every turn, run the following command in the console:

go run ./server verbose

Building your Battlesnake

Head to Main.java to start building your snake! There is more information provided in the file.

Try to make your Battlesnake smarter by avoiding other snakes and the edges of the board, going towards food, and suviving the arena as long as possible!

Note: To play games and tournaments, you'll need to deploy your Battlesnake to a live web server. Here is a repl.it template that you can fork to get your server live.

You can also use ngrok if you choose to run the server locally.