Show HN: Botwars.io – Battle robots with your favourite programming language

[iSloth]

https://botwars.io

[addingnumbers]

> Passwords must have at least one non alphanumeric character.

What kind of 1990's-era security-theater antipattern junk is this

[stavros → addingnumbers]

I came here to say the exact same thing, please remove this. Add zxcvbn.js to the page if you really want to do something, but telling me my 32-random-character password is "insecure" because I didn't add an exclamation mark at the end is just annoying.

[lethologica → addingnumbers]

Can you show me somewhere that says requiring an non alphanumeric character in a password lowers security?

[pharmakom → lethologica]

It’s annoying if it doesn’t match your password generator scheme.

[addingnumbers → lethologica]

Can you show me somewhere that says putting a thumb in your butt lowers security?

You can't? Hmm, does that mean we should really do it?

[iSloth]

This is a little side project of mine, very much inspired by “robotgame.org” that I played many years ago, which unfortunately no longer exists.

In essence it is a remarkably similar game, however the sandboxing allows for players to use several programming languages, and not just Python.

It is still basic, only a hobby and under development, however happy to hear any feedback and thoughts.

[brundolf → iSloth]

Cool! I had this exact idea a while back but never took the time to build it. Glad someone did.

Unfortunately I can't seem to watch any of the matches on mobile Safari; the grids are just blank and the buttons underneath don't do anything. I do have some ad/tracker blockers, though I wouldn't think that would matter

[iSloth → brundolf]

It seems to be working on my iPhone/iPad however I’ll do some more tests, that’s for the feedback!

[ozten]

The 128 characters of user data is a really cool feature!

[ozten → ozten]

A nice thing in the garage would be a mode to run your code with some example input. I am writing that test outside of your game using the logs.

[iSloth → ozten]

Great idea, I’ll get that added in!

[otherflavors]

A lot of favourite programming languages not listed

[iSloth → otherflavors]

Which would you like?

[SolitudeSF → iSloth]

Nim

[iSloth → SolitudeSF]

Sure - I'll need to do some testing, but it should be added within the next day or two :)

[iSloth → SolitudeSF]

It's now added, enjoy :)