Genghis Competitive Bot System - Client

A bot-battling game system for coders

Genghis is a framework that allows bots built by Computer Science students compete for resources, trade, and fight each other across multiple different battlegrounds.

Get started - Make Your Own Bot

To get started, you will need to copy some code from this GitHub repository into an internet-connected sever (like UCT's nightmare server that all second-year students have access to).

1. ssh into the UCT server:

   ssh <YOUR_STUDENT_NUMBER>@nightmare.cs.uct.ac.za

2. Make a public directory to host the bot script, and change into it:

   mkdir ~/public_html && cd ~/public_html

3. Get a copy of the scripts needed to setup your bot, and then change into the newly created directory:

   git clone https://github.com/beyarkay/genghis_client.git && cd genghis_client

4. Run a script to get you started (see next step about the prompts):

   python3 get_started.py

5. At the prompts, enter the server's URL:

   https://people.cs.uct.ac.za/~KNXBOY001/genghis_server

6. your (Client) URL:

   https://people.cs.uct.ac.za/~<YOUR_STUDENT_NUMBER>/genghis_client

7. and what you want your (one word) username to be:

   Username: <CHOOSE A USERNAME>

All done! Your bot will be included in the next game. Email KNXBOY001 at myuct dot ac dot za with questions.

Actually coding your bot

Please see the wiki for information about building your bot.