Based on our record, Robocode seems to be a lot more popular than Racer. While we know about 12 links to Robocode, we've tracked only 1 mention of Racer. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Racer: Although this free simulator had a native version for Linux years ago, this support was abandoned and the latest version can be enjoyed perfectly thanks to Wine. It can still be found in his page. Source: about 2 years ago
This idea seems similar to screeps, robocode, battle-code, and to a lesser extent, Neural MMO. Source: over 1 year ago
Looks cool! Reminds me of robocode. Source: over 1 year ago
I found https://robocode.sourceforge.io/ in Java, https://screeps.com/ in JavaScript (WASM from Golang seems not to work), and https://leekwars.com/ had its own language…. Source: almost 2 years ago
You had to write the intelligence of a robot/tank in a C-like language of these game development software. The bottom line is two of these programs competed against each other. If I remember correctly these battles took place in a recurring tournament and you could win a license of the game developement software, or maybe nothing. The only one I found in a 2-minute search that is similar to this is Robocode... Source: about 2 years ago
One of the first incantations of this idea that I encountered, when I had just started working at my first corporate job back in the day, was Robocode ( https://robocode.sourceforge.io/ ) - it was great fun, and I see it's still going. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago
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