Developer posts and news about this game.
Major changes Greatly simplified Blockly snippets. It used to be that Blockly snippets contained 3 blocks in general: an if statement, a condition for the if , and a terminator to run inside the body of the if . Those snippets still exist in the "Advanced" menu, but the primary w
Major changes Improve tutorial and campaign Trimmed some extra words here and there. Removed the script from your bots in the third tutorial. Increased the size of the very first Arena so that there's some breathing room. If you come back to Bot Land without having done the intro
Major changes Improved the campaign Simplified I Need a Doctor Cut number of tiles down from 24 → 18. When you lose, the "Retry" button is now "Edit script" instead. Originally, you had two bots that could shield and only one that could attack, which meant that it could be confus
Major changes Improved bot and chip relocation. Previously, you had to long-press a bot or chip in order to enter relocation mode, but the length of this long-press was much longer than most people would try. Now, any drag action starting at a bot/chip that you own will enter rel
Major changes The new victory effects (the fanfare and confetti) now show when winning in any mode, not just Campaign Mode. Fixed a bug where the campaign-victory screen would show when it wasn't supposed to. Changed confetti cannons out for a new one. 🎉 The new one should be sl
Major changes Added a proper victory screen to Campaign Mode. There's confetti! 🎉 Fix critical bug where you couldn't continue while on a guest account due to a hidden EULA checkbox being unchecked. Simplify A Bag of Chips Arena size in tiles: 63 → 6 Max turns: 700 → 60 Enemy bo
Major changes Repackaged the guest experience slightly. Making a guest account is now the default experience so that players don't have to provide a username or email address. Simplify tutorial and campaign Second tutorial - added a GIF demonstrating how to drag Blockly blocks in
Major changes Improved the tutorial/campaign. Increased the size of the very first battle to give new players an idea of how Bot Land can look outside of the tutorial! Cut down on text in many places. Disabled the quick-edit buttons in the first tutorial. Simplified the second tu
Major changes Overhaul tutorial and campaign experience. Overall, scripting is now covered much earlier. The non-scripting missions were revamped. Many frustrations have been addressed, e.g. large Arenas were made smaller, instructions should be clearer, and there should be bette
Major changes Allowed starting Test Mode with fewer than the maximum number of bots. This should make it easier to run quick tests. Tutorial and campaign improvements Shrunk the width of the Arena in A Bag of Chips by 5 tiles. Adjusted flavor text of some missions. Decreased the
Major changes Fixed a critical bug where you couldn't save your defense or attack someone due to an error about "blueprint list order". Campaign Mode improvements The Floor is Lava (mission #3) Enemy bots now always move left when they can't see you, that way they don't wander ar
Major changes Blueprints can now be reordered or deleted directly from the Arena view! Use the pencil icon at the top of the blueprint selector. Competitive-season improvements Added proper UI for viewing statistics. When you click the ranking flags on the sides of the Battle Log
Major changes Added a new campaign mission named Out of Order. In the Magnetic Shutdown mission, each of your bots now has template scripts that you only have to change hardware for. If you haven't done at least 3 missions in the campaign, you'll see an entry in your battle log s
Major changes Improve Campaign Mode You Sneaky Snake This mission was removed completely. It wasn't easy and it wasn't fun. Makeshift Turrets This mission is now easier. There are only two blueprints to choose from instead of four. The Missiles bots will move after being idle for
Major changes: Remove rounds from Bot Land. Previously, there were three rounds per match, so you would have the opportunity to learn how the opponent's bots behaved and then change your strategy between rounds. Now, there is a single round per match, and you can retry the battle
Major changes: Add Campaign Mode! There are seven missions so far, which should make for a much smoother introduction to the game for new players. Even if you're a returning player, you should find it fun. Plus, each campaign mission grants 750 Botcoin. The tutorial was shortened
Version 1.1.0 is out! Major changes: Code editor improvements Add auto-completion for API and variable names. You can manually trigger this by pressing ctrl+space. Add status bar on desktop. This indicates whether you have errors, how long your script is, and your current row/col
Just a personal note from the creator of Bot Land: starting tomorrow, I'll be on vacation for about 2½ weeks to visit my wife's family, then there'll be another vacation in December to visit my own family. Updates during this time will be lighter than normal (they'll probably be
Major changes: Add taunts to the game. Taunting takes a turn and shows an emoji for that turn (either 😂, 😡, 😭, 👍, or 👎). Fix bug where the game would crash if you completed Challenge Mode directly after the intro tutorial. Add system directly inside Bot Land for replying to
Major changes: Fix revenge matches. It used to be that you couldn't start them at all. Fix issue where attempting to leave your defense when you had changes would result in two prompts instead of one. This had to do with creating/deleting blueprints. Fix how notification tab neve