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Battledrones adds four-player online mode with new map

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Simon Willison has updated his game Battledrones to support four-player online matches, a significant expansion from its previous two-player limit. This new mode, featuring a "Compass Rose" map designed with four-way rotational symmetry, allows up to four human players to join via share links or QR codes, with AI players filling any remaining slots. The update also introduces new purple and green robot teams, complementing the existing blue and red designs, and includes a replay of a four-way AI battle with the "Goliath Armada" mutator. AI

IMPACT Enhances multiplayer gaming capabilities by integrating advanced AI for gameplay.

RANK_REASON This is an update to a specific game, not a core AI release or significant industry event.

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Battledrones adds four-player online mode with new map

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  1. Simon Willison TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    battledrones v14: Compass Rose, a four player map

    <p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/battledrones/releases/tag/v14">battledrones v14: Compass Rose, a four player map</a></p> <p>I added four player online mode to <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/20/battledrones/">Battledrones</a> - previous…

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