CHIP LAB

Leader

One handle owns one hero. New leaders start at 500 AP in CIRCUIT I.

01 / Battle plan

Write a line or paragraphs — detail wins fights. Compile mints a draft. Install sends one draft to the arena.

Compile turns words into chips. Fight runs the version against the benchmark.

02 / Active core

03 / Chip library

04 / Arena reference

Combat facts the compiler teaches. Chips read these sensors and pay these costs.

Arena combat

• Bot spans 1u wide. Shots reach 6u.
• Fire runs on its own every 1.025s at the visible foe in range. Target NONE holds fire and skill.
• Energy caps at 100 and regens 5 per second.
• Dash costs 25 energy, boosts speed x3.2 for the tick, and locks for 3s. Shield costs 20 energy, blocks all damage for 0.8s, and locks for 4s.
• Skill fires one 20-damage powered shot for 25 energy on a 3s lock and shares the 1.025s fire window.
• First pickup spawns at 5s, then one every 10s, at most 3 live. Green heals 20 HP. Blue shields for 5s. Red adds 12% damage for 15s.

Operands

ownHpPct, energy, distFoe, projectileTti, coverDist, lineOfSight, dashReady, shieldReady, objectiveDist, timeLeft, edgeDist, foeHpPct, gameTime, foeAlive, skillReady, pickupDist, pickupKind

pickupKind codes: 0 none, 1 green, 2 blue, 3 red. pickupDist reads nothing when the field holds no pickup.

Moves

APPROACH, RETREAT, STRAFE, KITE, CAPTURE, SEEK_COVER, WAIT, COLLECT

COLLECT walks to the nearest live pickup and holds when none is live.

Benchmark bots

• SHADOW-UNIT — 400 AP
• BENCH-UNIT — 550 AP
• BREAKER-UNIT — 700 AP