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Show HN: Bot Land, a game where you fight others via code

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Re: Show HN: Bot Land, a game where you fight others via code

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Hey all,

I've been working full-time on a game called Bot Land for the last four years, and it just launched: https://bot.land/ In the game, you can make bots with a Scratch-like interface called Blockly or use a subset of JavaScript. Either way, bots are fully automated.

Here are some screenshots of the game: https://imgur.com/a/Rs2OWFg

Almost all of the development process (~5000 hours) was streamed live on Twitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS5Va996Exg&list=PLSM9PbIe-9...

It's free to play, so please try it and tell me what you think!

Re: Show HN: Bot Land, a game where you fight others via code

#3

Hey all, I've been working full-time on a game called Bot Land for the last four years, and it just launched: https://bot.land/ In the game, you can make bots with a Scratch-like interface called Blockly or use a subset of JavaScript. Either way, bots are fully automated. Here are some screenshots of the game: https://imgur.com/a/Rs2OWFg Almost all of the development process (~5000 hours) was streamed live on Twitch:…

The visuals look great, will play it in a bit. And wow 5000 hours-- incredible!

Re: Show HN: Bot Land, a game where you fight others via code

#4
Woah congrats. I have watched a stream or two of yours and it looks really interesting.

I really liked your marketing document and think others might find it really useful, hope you don't mind me linking it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TiSmB7IaWpIf_7cUWzk7GAtR...

(let me know if you are not ok with that and I'll edit the comment)

Re: Show HN: Bot Land, a game where you fight others via code

#6

Hey all, I've been working full-time on a game called Bot Land for the last four years, and it just launched: https://bot.land/ In the game, you can make bots with a Scratch-like interface called Blockly or use a subset of JavaScript. Either way, bots are fully automated. Here are some screenshots of the game: https://imgur.com/a/Rs2OWFg Almost all of the development process (~5000 hours) was streamed live on Twitch:…

Nice. I had a idea a few years ago, but never got around to working on it. Let me know if you ever want to buy the aifighter.com domain off of me.

Re: Show HN: Bot Land, a game where you fight others via code

#7
Congratulations, looks awesome.

I had an idea for similar kind of game where you are a wizard and program your own spells. The mechanics would be inspired by how magic works in The Dresden Files[0], where you draw in magical energy, transform it and then use it in some way. Maybe one could connect it with linear logic and programming.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dresden_Files

Re: Show HN: Bot Land, a game where you fight others via code

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Congratulations, looks awesome. I had an idea for similar kind of game where you are a wizard and program your own spells. The mechanics would be inspired by how magic works in The Dresden Files[0], where you draw in magical energy, transform it and then use it in some way. Maybe one could connect it with linear logic and programming. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dresden_Files

CodeSpells combines magic and programming. It gathered quite a bit of hype early on, but I didn't really follow it's progress since.

Re: Show HN: Bot Land, a game where you fight others via code

#9

Congratulations, looks awesome. I had an idea for similar kind of game where you are a wizard and program your own spells. The mechanics would be inspired by how magic works in The Dresden Files[0], where you draw in magical energy, transform it and then use it in some way. Maybe one could connect it with linear logic and programming. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dresden_Files

That reminds me of 'Midnight at the Well of Souls' by Jack L. Chalker:

http://www.geocities.ws/evilsnack/well.html

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