randombenj/packhack

packhack

The best packhack client. We (@randombenj and @fliiiix) made third place with this bot. Special thanks to @timofurrer 🎉 for helping out.

You will need...

• a working Python 3.6 development environment (getting started guide)
• experience deploying Python apps to Heroku
• pip to install Python dependencies

Running the Packhack Locally

1. Clone repo to your development environment:

git clone git@github.com:randombenj/packhack.git

2. Create a virtualenv

virtualenv env
source env/bin/activate

3. Install dependencies using pip:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run local server:

python3 -m app

5. Test client in your browser: http://localhost:8080.

6. Test against other bots Use python_local_game. Hints start this app fist and then run python3 capture.py. Also use the config in settings.ini.

Deploying to Heroku

1. Create a new Heroku app (On Windows use Commandline or PowerShell):

heroku create [APP_NAME] --region eu

2. Deploy code to Heroku servers:

git push heroku master

3. Open Heroku app in browser:

heroku open

or visit http://APP_NAME.herokuapp.com.

4. View server logs with the heroku logs command:

heroku logs --tail