When will the Bot API solution be "finalized"?

[donaldm]

Hello,

I want to enter the competition in September mentioned here: http://spelunkbots.com/competitions/

However I have been doing a lot of work on my own Bot solution and I see that there are some massive API and Bot solution changes going on that will make me have to make some serious changes to incorporate the API updates (I had already done by own OOP translation for the Bot project, and worked to use additional design patterns, ect).

Is there a date by which the API will be changing less drastically? I don't want to invest a lot of time only to have a lot of big changes being made to the Bot solution.

Thank you.

[donaldm]

I guess in other words... Normally during a competition I would expect that the API would be finalized so that competitors could work on their projects. However in this case it seems like the API is still under active development. So my question is really when does the competition actually start?

[GET-TUDA-CHOPPA]

Hi Donald,

Indeed we are still making changes to the API at this stage. These are
largely being driven by input we are now receiving given the API is finally
out in the open and people are using it. However, these changes are for
the most part minor and not aimed at changing how you interface with the
bot itself. The core functions of the API that we would use for bot
control are largely off-limits by the team lest a bug is found in the code
that needs to be addressed. For the most part, we're focussed on providing
additional tools to help streamline the testing process.

Despite that, the development team have already agreed that any features
we're working on now, with the exception of bugs, should be completed and
submitted to the build by early-mid July. That way we can allow for users
to work away without any further interruption. Naturally any bug fixes we
will continue to look into.

Regards
Tommy

On 13 June 2015 at 19:51, Donald May [email protected] wrote:

I guess in other words... Normally during a competition I would expect
that the API would be finalized so that competitors could work on their
projects. However in this case it seems like the API is still under active
development. So my question is really when does the competition actually
start?

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