Worm-Arena

Worm is a Snake like arena. Click the image below to join the official Discord channel.

Participants receives a multidimensional array representing the current state of the arena and responds with the direction the worm should travel next. Possible responses are 'x+', 'x-', 'y+', 'y-', 'z-' and 'z+'. Responding with a invalid move (like turning backwards) results in moving forward.

Message example

[[[{"eatables":{"apple":null,"other":0},"occupiedBy":null,"grave":[]},{"eatables":{"apple":4,"other":0},"occupiedBy":null,"grave":[]},{"eatables":{"apple":null,"other":0},"occupiedBy":{"type":"SolidWorm","team":3,"isLastTrailingBody":false},"grave":[]},{"eatables":{"apple":null,"other":0},"occupiedBy":null,"grave":[]},{"eatables":{"apple":null,"other":0},"occupiedBy":null,"grave":[]}],[{"eatables":{"apple":null,"other":0},"occupiedBy":null,"grave":[]},{"eatables":{"apple":null,"other":0},"occupiedBy":null,"grave":[]},{"eatables":{"apple":null,"other":0},"occupiedBy":null,"grave":[]},{"eatables":{"apple":null,"other":0},"occupiedBy":null,"grave":[]},{"eatables":{"apple":2,"other":0},"occupiedBy":null,"grave":[]}],[{"eatables":{"apple":null,"other":0},"occupiedBy":{"type":"SolidWorm","team":1,"isLastTrailingBody":false},"grave":[]},{"eatables":{"apple":null,"other":0},"occupiedBy":null,"grave":[]},{"eatables":{"apple":null,"other":0},"occupiedBy":null,"grave":[]},{"eatables":{"apple":null,"other":0},"occupiedBy":null,"grave":[]},{"eatables":{"apple":null,"other":0},"occupiedBy":{"type":"SolidWorm","team":0,"isLastTrailingBody":false},"grave":[]}],[{"eatables":{"apple":3,"other":0},"occupiedBy":null,"grave":[]},{"eatables":{"apple":null,"other":0},"occupiedBy":null,"grave":[]},{"eatables":{"apple":null,"other":0},"occupiedBy":null,"grave":[]},{"eatables":{"apple":null,"other":0},"occupiedBy":null,"grave":[]},{"eatables":{"apple":null,"other":0},"occupiedBy":null,"grave":[]}],[{"eatables":{"apple":null,"other":0},"occupiedBy":null,"grave":[]},{"eatables":{"apple":null,"other":0},"occupiedBy":null,"grave":[]},{"eatables":{"apple":null,"other":0},"occupiedBy":{"type":"SolidWorm","team":2,"isLastTrailingBody":false},"grave":[]},{"eatables":{"apple":1,"other":0},"occupiedBy":null,"grave":[]},{"eatables":{"apple":null,"other":0},"occupiedBy":null,"grave":[]}]]]

Note that eatables.apple can either be null or a number. The number only represent an ID and is always only worth one point. When a worm is defeated and leaves eatables behind, they are put into eatables.other.

Eatable example

{"eatables":{"apple":0,"other":0}}

Configurations

Basic description of each parameter. Some parameter combinations is incompatible. Read more at the arena.

Scope	Value	Description
arena	size	Defines the size (length of each side) of the arena.
arena	threeDimensions	If enable the size of the arena is size*size*size instead of size*size.
border	noOuterBorder	If enable the worm will appear of the opposite side of the arena instead of colliding with a wall.
border	movesPerArenaShrink	How many moves a worm can make before the arena shrinks.
border	shrinkMode	• RandomPlacedWall_single A random wall is placed anywhere on the arena. • RandomPlacedWall_fourSymmetry Four walls are placed symmetrically on the arena. • RandomPlacedWall_perWorm One random wall pere living worm is placed anywhere on the arena. • WallOuterArea Playable arena shrinks my placing a wall on the most outer sides.
rules	startLength	How long the worm will start as.
rules	apples	How many apples is located at the arena and how they are placed.
rules	defeatedWorms	What will happen to a defeated worm. • Disappears Defeated worms are removed. • Eatable Defeated worms becomes eatable for extra points. • Solid Defeated worms turns into a wall.
rules	winner	• LastWormStanding Participants that are alive receive one point each time a worm is defeated. • MostPoints Participants receive one point for every eaten object until there is no more worms alive.
rules	bonusToLonger	If two worms score equal, bonus point is dealt to the longer worm.

To keep the challenge for all worms to be symmetric and equal, make sure to keep the amount of teams to an even number.