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Newest version:  1.10.0 (Wed, 04 Jun 2025)

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Robocode is a programming game, where the goal is to develop a robot battle tank to battle against other tanks in Java. The robot battles are running in real-time and on-screen.
 
Robocode Tank Royale (new platform for Robocode)

Robocoding

• Java is required for running Robocode. Preferable a Java Developer Kit (JDK) version 8 or newer.
• Download Robocode from SourceForge. Alternatively from GitHub releases
• ReadMe for Robocode, which gives a good overview of Robocode
• Getting started - Introduction to Robocode on the RoboWiki. Use the Web Archive for Robocode if RoboWiki is down!
• Robocode API - the Robot API and Control API
• My First Robot - tutorial about how to create your first robot
• FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions about Robocode

Future of Robocode?

• Robocode Tank Royale is a new platform for Robocode that is currently under development.

Links

• News for Robocode. Follow Robocode at Facebook
• Project is hosted at SourceForge
• GitHub contains the sources of Robocode
• Versions - Details about different versions of Robocode
• Forums for technical issues and questions for Robocode
• Request a new feature for Robocode
• Report a bug in Robocode
• the administrator of Robocode

Communities

• RoboWiki - A collaborative site all about Robocode. Use the Web Archive for RoboWiki if the site is down!
• Google Group for Robocode - A group/forum for Robocode where you can ask questions, discuss robot strategy, share code snippets etc.

Hardcore Robocoding

• RoboRumble@Home - The ultimate collaborative effort to have a live, up-to-date ranking of bots
• RoboResearch is a tool you can use to test your bot's performance in different challenges

Development on Robocode itself

• Developers Guide for building Robocode itself using Eclipse
• Robocode Developers Discussion Group - Discussion group for that everybody that want to discuss or review the current and future development of Robocode

Robocode Legacy

• Old RoboWiki - The old RoboWiki site, which is now read-only
• developerWorks - Articles about Robocode from IBM developerWorks

Support Robocode

If you are a fan of Robocode, you can support the project and me by buying some coffee 😊

Thanks goes to

Thank you, JetBrains, for supporting non-commercial Open Source projects by providing licenses for Open Source development, including Robocode Tank Royale. ❤️


This project make use of these great products from JetBrains for Java, Kotlin, C#, and web development:

IntelliJ IDEA logo. used for Java development