ai-code-battle/starters/go

acb-starter-go

Go starter kit for AI Code Battle — a competitive bot programming platform.

Quick Start

# Run locally
export BOT_SECRET=dev-secret
go run main.go

# Run with Docker
docker build -t my-bot .
docker run -e BOT_SECRET=your-secret -p 8080:8080 my-bot

Your bot listens on port 8080 and responds to POST /turn with move commands.

Register Your Bot

Once your bot is deployed and accessible via HTTPS:

curl -X POST https://api.aicodebattle.com/api/register \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "my-go-bot",
    "endpoint_url": "https://my-bot.example.com",
    "owner": "your-name",
    "description": "My awesome bot"
  }'

Save the bot_id and shared_secret from the response — the secret is shown only once.

Project Structure

main.go     # HTTP server, HMAC auth, game types, and strategy entry point
grid.go     # Grid utilities (toroidal distance, BFS, neighbors)
go.mod      # Go module definition
Dockerfile  # Multi-stage container build

Grid Helpers

grid.go provides utility functions for the toroidal grid:

• ToroidalManhattan(a, b, rows, cols) — Manhattan distance with wrap-around
• ToroidalChebyshev(a, b, rows, cols) — Chebyshev distance with wrap-around
• Neighbors(p, rows, cols) — 8-directional neighbors with wrap
• BFS(start, goal, passable, rows, cols) — BFS pathfinding, returns path or nil

Customization

Edit computeMoves() in main.go to implement your strategy. The GameState struct provides:

• Bots — all visible bots (yours and enemies)
• Energy — visible energy pickup locations
• Cores — visible core positions
• Walls — visible wall positions
• You.Energy — your current energy count
• You.Score — your current score
• Config — match parameters (grid size, attack range, etc.)

Return a slice of Move structs, each with the bot's current Position and a Direction ("N", "E", "S", or "W"). Bots not included in the response stay in place.

Protocol

• Endpoint: POST /turn — receives game state JSON, returns moves JSON
• Health: GET /health — must return 200
• Timeout: 3 seconds per turn
• Auth: HMAC-SHA256 via X-ACB-Signature header