Bots Are Stupid

Leander Edler-Golla · Yogscast Games

Released: Dec 15, 2022
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Last updated: 13 Sep 2026, 01:54 GMT

Updates & announcements

9 posts

29 Jun 2023Developer post
Bots are Stupid Swings into the Steam Summer Sale with a 45% discount!
Bots are Stupid Swings into the Steam Summer Sale with a 45% discount! Get ready to kick your brain into high gear as you program you very own bots to navigate taxing levels either as fast as possible or with as few inputs as possible. You can also checkout community made levels,
08 May 2023Developer post
Bots Are Stupid v2.0.3
V2.0.3 out now! - Leaderboard filter to see Steam Friends only - ToolWindow now displays hooked duration as well - ToolWindow preferences are now saved between sessions - Steam Cloud saving - Context menu not closing when pressing escape - Unexpected behaviours with text selectio
25 Dec 2022Developer post
Bots Are Stupid v2.0.2
- ‘teleported’ wait condition - 3rd decimal to tools window grounded duration info - TextEditor shortcuts: * CTRL+Y to Redo (alternative to CTRL+SHIFT+Z) * CTRL+LeftArrow/RightArrow to move cursor to the next word * CTRL+Backspace to remove the last word - Overall performance for
15 Dec 2022Developer post
Bots are Stupid - Hints and Tips!
Hello everyone! If you’re reading this, you’re probably looking for ways to improve your game, to get the best time possible in each of the levels with the least amount of lines in your code or simply have a better time within the game… Hopefully, these few hints and tips will he
15 Dec 2022Developer post
Hello World - Bots Are Stupid is out now!
Hello World Bots Are Stupid is out now with a 20% discount! Get ready to tackle over 40 challenging levels armed with nothing but your keyboard, your coding knowledge, a cup of coffee, and we are sure some trial and error based problem solving. And if you are willing to put in so
04 Aug 2022Developer post
Bots Are Stupid v1.6
Bad News: The demo has been reduced to 6 levels only for the time being. However, custom levels can still be downloaded and played. Good News: Better level editor. Release this year is confirmed: - 4 unique worlds/themes - challenge boards - new soundtracks - and much more! Other
Bad News:
The demo has been reduced to 6 levels only for the time being.
However, custom levels can still be downloaded and played.
Good News:
Better level editor.
Release this year is confirmed:
- 4 unique worlds/themes
- challenge boards
- new soundtracks
- and much more!
Other great news soon.
* Bottom line being: The demo is smaller now, but the game will return even stronger. *
Full list of changes:

[NEW] Level Editor Layout
[NEW] Editor camera controls (zooming, panning)
[NEW] Editor grid + grid snapping
[NEW] Editor QOL: more keybinds, more buttons
[NEW] Editor scale with right-click to easily duplicate an object
[CHANGE] Move manual controls toggle from popup menu to editor only
[REMOVE] Levels 7-18 from the demo
Hope you understand & thanks for playing!
Cheers, Lele
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09 Nov 2021Developer post
Bots Are Stupid v1.5
Biggest changes: Live Script Editing: you can now edit the lines the bot hasn't reached yet. This is enabled by default and changes some of the shortcuts, but can also be disabled if you prefer the old way. Frame Locking: Right-click the reset button after the simulation has been
Biggest changes:

Live Script Editing: you can now edit the lines the bot hasn't reached yet. This is enabled by default and changes some of the shortcuts, but can also be disabled if you prefer the old way.
Frame Locking: Right-click the reset button after the simulation has been started to lock the current frame. The simulation will then always be reset to that frame until it is unlocked.
Massive Performance Improvements: high-tech world records are actually watchable now!
'-tickrate' nerfs: recently, almost all of the leaderboards have been dominated by some form of tickrate manipulation where the tickrate is changed multiple times mid-run to allow for more favorable physics calculations. Even though this is super interesting in theory, it will have to be (temporarily) removed, since it makes it way more tedious to find perfectly optimized runs and is also extremely confusing for newer players checking out the highscores. Instead, the command will only be usable once at the beginning of the script and will only accept the following parameters: 'low' (50 tick), 'legacy' (128 tick) and 'high' (1000 tick). However, all of the affected scripts have been saved and this will definitely return as some sort of challenge mode/leaderboard in the future.
Full list of changes:

[NEW] TextEditor: Added ability to edit the instructions while the simulation is running
[NEW] TextEditor: Added improved script auto-saving
[NEW] TextEditor: Added dark mode
[NEW] TextEditor: Added an option to pause the simulation on start, accessible by right-clicking the start button (if a skip-point is set, this will pause afterwards)
[NEW] TextEditor: Added an option to lock the current frame, accessible by right-clicking the reset button mid-simulation
[NEW] TextEditor: Added automatic indentation for repeat blocks
[NEW] TextEditor: Added multi-line comments, syntax: /* comment */
[NEW] TextEditor: Allow characters: '?', '*' and '#'
[NEW] Tool Window: Added more detailed information about velocity & hook
[NEW] Tool Window: Added Option to show the current velocity vector
[NEW] Tool Window: Added Option to show the current hook's raycast
[NEW] Tool Window: Added a ruler tool
[NEW] Added a quick options menu to the ESC-Menu
[NEW] Added an option for how often the simulation frames are saved per second
[NEW] Additional Keybinds for stepping through frames when paused: PageUp/PageDown
[NEW] Added a time column to the script loading menu
[NEW] Added ability to adjust any slider by mouse-scrolling
[NEW] Added 'falling' condition for wait/repeat, which is triggered when the bot is moving downwards
[NEW] Added some icons to table action buttons
[CHANGE] -tickrate command can now only be used once at the start of the script and no longer accepts custom values
[CHANGE] Increase energy orb's speed when picked up and traveling to the portal by 30%
[CHANGE] Wait seconds/frames commands now have minimum values
[CHANGE] Massively improved particle performance
[CHANGE] Improved 'stopped' condition: now also triggers if the bot is running into a wall or its velocity has been flipped
[CHANGE] Improved performance when lots of commands are called in fast succession
[CHANGE] Improved overall update performance
[CHANGE] TextEditor: Allow skip-points to be placed & removed while the simulation is running
[CHANGE] TextEditor: Decrease Undo/Redo cooldown
[CHANGE] Allow particle amount slider set to 0
[CHANGE] Tool Window: velocity is now displayed in u/s
[CHANGE] Improve Basic1's intro text
[CHANGE] OSX: Change most CTRL shortcuts to use CMD instead
[REMOVE] 'orbpickup' condition for repeat command
[REMOVE] TextEditor: special cursor when on a number
[FIX] Ghost simulation desync
[FIX] Not being able to step back to the first frame of a simulation
[FIX] Simulatenous scrolling in Tool Window vs. zooming in-game
[FIX] Level Selection blackscreen when the client is waiting for server data
[FIX] UI-Scaling for resolutions bigger than FullHD (4K!)
[FIX] Portal charge visual not updating when reversing the simulation
[FIX] Introbot not exploding properly
[FIX] Weird window repositioning errors
[FIX] Hook retracting beyond the bot at very low tickrates
[FIX] Too long say text crashing the game
Re-Verification
Since there were some script-breaking and time-altering changes, all of the existing scripts had to be verified.
The results of this are as follows:
Changes to 'stopped' condition:
=> 1002 changed
=> 198 deleted
Changes to '-tickrate' command:
=> 990 changed
=> 3121 deleted
Energy orb speed-up:
=> 11955 changed
Hope you'll enjoy & thanks for playing!
Cheers, Lele
Original post
03 Jul 2021Developer post
Bots Are Stupid v1.4.1
List of changes: - Zoom in on the bot by scrolling with the mouse - Shortcuts for aborting if script is running: CTRL+C and Alt/Shift+Enter - Different cursor when hovering the text area - Allow uppercase letters in commands - TextEditor's caret now has a more fitting look for no
19 Jun 2021Developer post
Bots Are Stupid v1.4
List of (noticeable) changes: Added 6 new Levels Added an easier & more interactive Tutorial Added bot particle effects for jump & failed jump (midair) LevelEditor: Added the Bouncer special object LevelEditor: Added a context menu for selected objects, accessible by righ
List of (noticeable) changes:

[NEW] Added 6 new Levels
[NEW] Added an easier & more interactive Tutorial
[NEW] Added bot particle effects for jump & failed jump (midair)
[NEW] LevelEditor: Added the Bouncer special object
[NEW] LevelEditor: Added a context menu for selected objects, accessible by right-clicking
[NEW] LevelEditor: Cursor now shows possible actions on hover (scale/move)
[NEW] TextEditor: Added command suggestions & autocompletion
[NEW] TextEditor: Added a context menu to change numbers without typing, accessible by double-clicking
[CHANGE] Renamed some existing Levels
[CHANGE] ScriptParser now detects individual words using RegEx
[CHANGE] Most commands are no longer available right away, but unlocked in later levels
[CHANGE] Platforms now change their hitbox color if the bot is standing on them
[CHANGE] TextEditor: Reworked HelpWindow
[CHANGE] TextEditor: The current SkipPoint is now shown in orange
[FIX] Minor leak where explosion effects wouldn't be deleted when finished
[FIX] LevelEditor: crash when undoing a delete action
[FIX] TextEditor: various unintended behaviour
Hope you'll enjoy & thanks for playing!
Cheers, Lele
Original post

Updates & announcements

Hello World

Bots Are Stupid is out now with a 20% discount!

Bad News:

Good News:

* Bottom line being: The demo is smaller now, but the game will return even stronger. *

Full list of changes:

Hope you understand & thanks for playing!

Biggest changes:

Full list of changes:

Re-Verification

Hope you'll enjoy & thanks for playing!

List of changes:

List of (noticeable) changes:

Hope you'll enjoy & thanks for playing!