Alternative title: Look! I made a thing!
The recent Formic Functions challenge was a lot of fun, and seems to have taken the concept of easy-to-run online javascript-based king-of-the-hill challenges to a new level. It's inspired me to make a framework for building them, which I invite people to take a look at!
https://github.com/davidje13/koth-webplayer
(I have a vague idea for a KoTH challenge of my own, which I plan to build with this framework)
For those saying "wait, haven't we seen this before?": I for one think that the ease of just visiting a website and typing in some code gives this new style a much lower bar-to-entry for competitors, and the ability to develop games without any setup whatsoever (you can literally download the code and open the html files) gives a much lower bar-to-entry for contest writers.
My Question
I've been cloning past challenges to drive out the functionality, but so far I've only found 3:
- https://davidje13.github.io/koth-webplayer/formic.htm — Question
- https://davidje13.github.io/koth-webplayer/battlebots.htm — Question
- https://davidje13.github.io/koth-webplayer/botflocks.htm — Question
There must be others out there. Does anybody remember any?