Starter Projects
These projects are built and maintained by the Battlesnake team. We do our best to keep them functional and up-to-date with the latest game features.
If you're building a Battlesnake for the first time, these are great starting points.
​Python Starter Project​
​Go Starter Project​
There are also a few older projects that require some updating to work with the latest API, but are still helpful for getting started.
Java Starter Project (needs upgrading)
​Ruby Starter Project (needs upgrading)
Have an idea to make these better? We welcome pull requests and issues on all official Starter Project GitHub repos. See our Contributing Guide for instructions and guidelines.
Our Java Starter Project and Ruby Starter Project both need updating to API version 1.0. If you are interested in helping, check out the following issues in GitHub:
The Battlesnake community is all about collaboration and shared learning. Some of our core members and supporters have built their own Starter Projects to get developers started with new languages and technologies.
​JavaScript and AWS Lambda by Colin Walker​
​Kotlin Starter Snake by Paul Ambrose​
​Rust Starter Snake by McRaeAlex​
These projects are specifically intended for developers wishing to use machine learning techniques and technologies to develop their Battlesnake.
These projects are maintained independently by their developers. See individual contributing guides if you're interested in getting involved and helping out.
Want to submit your Starter Project to this list? Wonderful!
You can submit a pull request or create an issue on GitHub and we'll take a look. Community created Starter Projects must follow these guidelines in order to be approved:
Contain just enough code to run a simple Battlesnake and nothing more
Return hardcoded responses to all requests
Be well documented and easy to understand
Provide simple, extensible unit tests
Ideally have a minimal project structure
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