Skylords Reborn PvP AI programming contest - Phase 3

[Metagross31]

The Skylords Reborn PvP AI Programming Contest - Final Showdown

Hello fellow Skyladies, Skylords, and other Sky-beings!

The time has finally come - Phase 2 of The Skylords Reborn PvP AI Programming Contest is ending and the final tournament is just around the corner.
For almost an entire year, dedicated Skylords have put in hours of work to create their own bots capable of playing in the PvP game mode. Now is the moment when they will face off against each other in a tournament to find the best of the bots!

For more info on what this event is all about, check out the posts for Phase 1 and Phase 2.

How can I compete?
If you have written a PvP bot during Phase 2 and you want to sign up for the tournament, send me your implementation. You will have until Sunday, the 5th of January 2025, 23:59 CET, to submit your work. Following that date and for a period of about 3 weeks, I will work to get the bots running. During this time, I will stay in contact with all those who have submitted until any issues are resolved.

If you do not have a working PvP bot yet, check out the post for phase 2 of the event, although the deadline is very close by now!

When and where?

The tournament will be held on Saturday, the 25th of January 2025, 14:00 CET. The event will be streamed on the official Skylords Reborn twitch channel. The stream will start 30 minutes in advance.

Format

The tournament will be held in a round-based, Swiss-system format. Every bot will play against each other twice and will alternate starting positions. If the number of participating bots is much bigger than expected, the number of rounds might be reduced.

Rules

• Each match will be played on the map Elyon (Spectator).
• Each match consists of two games, where each bot plays once in the northern and once in the southern starting position.

• The card pool is limited to all cards that appear in the free PvP decks, and they have to be on Upgrade 3.

• Exploiting any bugs, glitches or other programming oversights may lead to a disqualification.

• You have to hand in the source code of your bot in order to participate. We will not distribute the source code without your explicit permission. The preferred way of submission is via gitlab/github, but other forms of submission are fine as well.

Prize Pool

• 1st place             1 Promo of your choice + 3 General Boosters
• 2nd place            1 Ultra Rare card of your choice + 3 General Boosters
• 3rd place             2 Faction Boosters of your choice + 3 General Boosters
• 4th-5th place      3 General Boosters
• 6th-last place     1 General Booster

What's next? What's next? What's N-X-E-T?

The API to program a bot will of course exist past this event, as will the event's Discord server. You can still use the Discord to stay in contact with others, organize games, and keep working on your bots.

While many of you have asked for your bots to be officially added to the game as opponents to play against, we cannot make any promises in that regard yet.

Special Thanks

Big thanks to @Kubik for providing the technical stuff necessary to make this happen!
Another big thank you to everyone, who joined the Discord server and provided constructive feedback to make the API better.
And finally, a big thank you to everyone who have participated in the event.

Questions?
Reply in this thread if you have questions. We will answer them as soon as possible.

Best regards,
The Skylords Reborn Team