Battlecode

Free food, free swag, free fun -- TODAY! Come to 32-123 (MIT Stata Center) to meet our sponsors, enjoy dinner, and watch the Battlecode 2020 Final Tournament! No registration needed; just show up. Hope to see you there!

Get hyped: Registration for MIT Battlecode 2020 is now open at https://battlecode.org!

Join MIT’s premier artificial intelligence programming competition this IAP! $30k in prize money to be won, and no experience needed!

Battlecode is a real-time strategy game in Java, and it’s a great opportunity to have fun, rapidly develop important software skills, and learn and practice game AI, pathfinding and distributed algorithms.

No experience needed! Lectures are held for the first two weeks of IAP and we'll walk you through the basics and also more advanced techniques. Compete in teams of one to four for a share of the $30k prize pool — and our Newbie Tournament has prizes for MIT students who've never done Battlecode before!

Hungry for more info? Come to our information session at 3-270 on 12/3 at 7pm — food will be provided! We’ll be revealing this year’s game on January 6; the Final Tournament will be on February 1.

Want to learn even more? Visit https://battlecode.org or contact Teh Devs (Battlecode Development Team) at [email protected].

6.147 Battlecode, the longest running programming competition at MIT, is your ticket to a fun and productive IAP 2019! Teams will build over the course of 3.5 weeks the fastest, smartest, AI robot player for the 2019 Battlecode real-time strategy game, culminating in an epic showdown over a virtual battlefield on the last day of IAP.

Beginners welcome! A background in algorithms and AI is not necessary – we'll get you up to speed with lectures. All you need to start is some basic coding experience. You can code in java, python, and javascript.

Unsure about Battlecode? Check out this blog post by previous winner and director Cory Li, and learn why it’s an awesome competition: http://cory.li/battlecode-intro/

Register now at www.battlecode.org and on WebSIS (6.147). Contest specs will be released on January 7th, 2019. This year's contest offers you:

- $50,000+ in prizes.
- A Newbie Tournament for first-timers with a separate prize pool.
- An opportunity to improve your programming skills. You’ll be building your own codebase and getting hands-on experience with Java and object-oriented programming.
- A chance to obtain internships and full-time jobs from our many corporate sponsors.
- Free dinners, cool T-shirts, and eternal glory!
- You don’t have to attend the classes to compete, and you may form a team with up to four students from MIT or from other schools.

Questions? Email us at [email protected].

- Teh Devs

Can't wait until January for more Battlecode? Register today for Battlehack West, a 24 hour AI hackathon August 25-26th in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Battlehack West

Battlecode 2018 begins tonight at 7pm EST! Tune in at https://www.twitch.tv/mitbattlecode to find out what this year's game will be! And, if you haven't already, make sure to register at http://battlecode.org/ #/ ! We'll see you tonight!

mitbattlecode - Twitch Battlecode 2017 Qualifying Tournament

This is a game hint.
battlecode.org/ #/materials/releases

Registrations for Battlecode 2018 are open! This year's competition will begin on Monday, January 8th. New this year: you can now write bots in potentially any reasonable programming language! Sign up now at battlecode.org!