Create your own battle bot

To identify the bots in the game we suggest that you follow the conventions [Your Initials].[Bot Name] (where [Your Initials] is really anything that identifies you uniquely)

1. Fork this repository
2. Edit the Redgate.BattleBot_1.0 project and rename the assembly to [Your Initials].[BotName]_1.0
3. You should find an example bot inside the BattleBot.cs
   • either edit this file
     • Change the namespace to be [Your Initials]
     • Change the class name to be [BotName]
   • or create a new class called [BotName]
     • Give it a namespace of [Your initials]
4. Build

You should now be ready to experiment on different behaviours and approaches.

Running your bot

You are going to need to have downloaded and installed:

• The Robocode runner
• The .NET interop

(obviously you will need a JRE - I know, sorry, but maybe if you are using Rider you might already have one)

By default these install ino C:\robocode, so to run the battle UI:

• Open a command prompt
• Go to C:\robocode
• run robocode.bat

You should then magically have a UI for running the battles. To add your dll to the system:

• Go to Options->Preferences
• Select the Development Preferences tab
• Click Add
• Select the directory containing your assembly

NOTE: You should be able to rebuild your robot between battles without having to restart the app

To run a battle:

• Go to Battle->New
• You should see your initials/unique identifier in the packages list
• You should see your bot in the robots list
• Add your robot and as many opponents as you care about
• Click Start Battle