battlesnake-go

A simple BattleSnake AI written in Go.

Available at http://battlesnake-go.herokuapp.com.

To get started, you'll need:

1. Setup your Go development environment (guide).
2. Install Godep.

Running the AI locally

1. Fork and clone this repo.

cd $GOPATH/github.com/sendwithus/battlesnake-go
git clone [email protected]:sendwithus/battlesnake-go.git
cd battlesnake-go

2. Load dependencies.

godep restore

3. Compile the battlesnake-go server.

go build

This will create a battlesnake-go executable.

4. Run the server.

./battlesnake-go

5. Test the client in your browser: http://127.0.0.1:9000

Deploying to Heroku

1. Save godep dependencies:

godep save
git add .
git commit -m "save godependencies"

2. Create a new Go Heroku app using Go buildpack.

heroku create [APP_NAME] --buildpack https://github.com/kr/heroku-buildpack-go

3. Push code to Heroku servers.

git push heroku master

4. Open Heroku app in browser.

heroku open

Or go directly via http://APP_NAME.herokuapp.com

5. View/stream server logs.

heroku logs --tail

Questions?

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