Season 4.0: Mission on Mars
Create your own AI to compete in an online multiplayer game for cash prizes, job opportunities at top companies, and more.
1 - 14 September 2022 · $10 Entry · $5,000+ prize pool
What's Coder One?
Coder One is an annual AI programming tournament for engineers, data scientists, researchers, students, and hobbyist programmers.
The goal is to program an AI player to compete in a multiplayer game against other teams. Participants are given tutorials and resources for getting started. Over a two week submission period, participants will apply creative problem solving skills and algorithms to improve their AI players.
Top teams will compete head-to-head in an exciting livestream finale to decide this season's grand champion winner.
Each season features new game mechanics, prizes, and a leaderboard to compete for.
Prizes
$5,000+ in cash prizes
Top teams qualify to compete in the live finale Twitch stream for $5K (AUD) in cash prizes.
Exclusive job opportunities
Showcase your technical skills and get hired by world class companies.
Digital certificate
Commemorate your ranking with a verifiable digital certificate to put on your CV or LinkedIn.
Explore any strategy.From tree search to deep reinforcement learning.
Flexible and open-source
Use any language, framework, or library.
Forward model simulators
No need to recreate the world environment for tree search and machine learning agents.
Starter kits
Build your first agent using one of our provided (or community-contributed) starter kits:
A competition to remember
Schedule
Register
Open Now
Create your account, purchase your entry ticket, and join our Discord community to find a team.
Tournament
1 — 14 Sep 2022
Teams are provided with the game specifications and resources to build their AI.
Finale
14 Sep 2022
It all ends here! Top teams compete head-to-head in an exciting livestream finale for the grand prize.
Playground
15 Sep Onwards
The game remains open in a free-for-all format for participants to learn and try new strategies.
FAQ
How much does it cost to enter?
Creating your account and developing an AI player for the game is free. To compete against others and qualify for the leaderboard and prizing, you will need to purchase a season membership pass ($10). Your membership pass includes unlimited submissions for the rest of the season (end of 2022).How difficult will it be?
The competition is intended to be fairly challenging at a university student level. For beginners in programming, we'll provide you with a step-by-step tutorial to help you get started with building your first AI.What will the game be?
The game will be a twist on our original 2-player Bomberman-like game called Bomberland. The new season will feature updated game rules and mechanics. These will be announced at the start of the competition. You can learn more about the previous season of Bomberland here .Will the environment be open-source?
Yes, the new game will be open-sourced and available at the start of the competition. We encourage community contributions in the form of starter kits for additional languages, tooling, etc. View our contribution guidelines here .How will the prize pool be distributed?
The prize pool will be distributed amongst the top 8 teams, with higher-ranking teams taking a larger cut.What programming language can I use?
We'll be providing starter templates for Python 3. However, any setup that runs in a Linux docker container will work. The game communicates over websockets, so you'll be able to use any language as long as you are able to implement the communication layer in your language of choice (this is fairly advanced).Do I need to know machine learning?
No, this challenge is all about your programming, problem solving, game theory, and analytical thinking skills. We've found previous submissions to be a mix of algorithmic as well as ML-based approaches. But if you've already got some skills in ML and think you can apply them in this challenge - go ahead!Do I need a team?
We generally use the word 'team' to mean any 1 - 5 participants entering the tournament together. You absolutely can join the tournament on your own. All prizes are split between the 'team'. Once you join the community Discord group, you can use the 'looking-for-team' channel to find other people who want to team up.What participants are saying
Registrations are now open